HUD NH Hosing Assessment Broucher

Who will know what my answers are?

The Assessment of Native Hawaiian Housing Needs
What is the study?

The Assessment of Native American, Alaska Native,
and Native Hawaiian Housing Needs is a national
study mandated by the U.S. Congress to understand
the housing needs of native families. It is
sponsored by the Office of Policy Development and
Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). This study was first conducted
in 1996, and the current study plans to update the
assessment by presenting a complete overview
of the housing needs of American Indians, Alaska
Natives and Native Hawaiians.

What if I am selected and I choose to
participate?
If you choose to participate, an interviewer from
NORC (a member of the HUD study team) will
contact you to make an appointment to meet you
at your home to conduct the survey. He/she will
show you proper identification and will also have
additional materials to share with you about the
project. Wherever possible, interviews will be
conducted by Native Hawaiian interviewers hired
by NORC. If it is more convenient for you, the
interview may be completed by phone.

The study is conducted by a HUD study team made
up of the Urban Institute, Econometrica, and NORC
at the University of Chicago.

If you agree to participate, the survey will take
about 55 minutes and you will receive a $25 gratuity
as a token of appreciation from us for your time.

Who participates in the study?

What kinds of questions will be asked?

The participants are randomly selected from the
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL)
residential application list. Each household that
is randomly selected will receive a letter and
information about the study. Participation is
optional. If a selected household chooses to
participate, they will sign and return a consent form.
In order to better understand the housing needs
of Native Hawaiians the goal is to interview 500
households on three islands: O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, and
Moloka‘i.

The survey questions are easy to answer. You will be
asked about how many people live in your house,
features of your housing unit (such as electricity,
number of rooms, air conditioning, etc.), your
preferences for an ideal housing unit, your thoughts
on homeownership and renting, and other similar
questions. Your answers will help us understand
the housing needs of Native Hawaiians. Your
participation is voluntary, and if you don’t want to
answer certain questions, that’s OK, too.

Your answers and name are never linked together.
The answers from all people taking the survey
are grouped together. Your name, address and
telephone numbers are used only for locating
purposes and are separated from your answers. All
NORC interviewers sign a pledge not to reveal any
names of participants or discuss the project with
anyone besides the survey staff.

Does the Department of Hawaiian
Home Lands know about this project?

Yes. DHHL has agreed to help with this project and
will help contact selected households. DHHL played
an important part in the planning of the study.
DHHL will NOT know whether you participated or
not.

Is it ok if I decide not to participate?

Yes. Participation is completely voluntary. No one
except the NORC study staff will know you decided
not to participate. Non-participation does not affect
your status as a DHHL applicant.

Who answers the questions for a
household?

The DHHL applicant OR their spouse/partner are
eligible to answer the questions. The person who
answers the questions must be Native Hawaiian.

URBAN INSTITUTE

The Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization
based in Washington, DC, prides itself on producing
policy-oriented research that is objective, based on
evidence, and reliable. As with all of its research,
the Institute has no “agenda” with respect to Native
Indian, Alaskan or Hawaiian policy other than an
interest in seeking to understand what the housing
needs are for these specific groups, and the policies
that work and work best. The Institute’s proposed
research team combines outstanding, relevant
research skills, substantive knowledge of Native
American, Alaskan and Hawaiian-focused programs,
and a dedication to discovering both what the housing
needs are, and what programs have been effective in
addressing these issues.

www.urban.org
Project number: 202-833-7200
Nancy Pindus: 202-261-5523
[email protected]

ECONOMETRICA, INC.

Econometrica, Inc. located in Bethesda, Maryland, is a
small business engaged in research and management
consulting. Econometrica has worked extensively for
HUD, including the Office of Native American Programs
(ONAP), as well as for the Indian Health Service on a
variety of tribal health delivery issues. Econometrica
completed a comprehensive evaluation of HUD’s
Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG)
program and its researchers have prior experience
working with the Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands.

www.econometricainc.com
Charles Hanson: 301-634-9491
[email protected]

NORC at the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

NORC, founded in 1941, is an independent non-profit
research organization that conducts social science
research that serves the public good. NORC works
with federal agencies, tribes, foundations, educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations, and businesses.
NORC projects in tribal communities have involved
communications, health disparities, educational
attainment, and historical trust fund accounting.
NORC is committed to safeguarding the confidentiality
of personal information and survey responses. All
NORC staff, including interviewers, sign a pledge to
protect confidential information. Your interviewer can
give you more details about that pledge.

www.norc.org
Project toll-free number: 877-408-1897
Project email: [email protected]
Carol Hafford: 301-634-9491
[email protected]
Suzanne Bard: 312-759-4255
[email protected]

Assessment of
Native Hawaiian
Housing Needs