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SPMCAPHOUS
SPM unit's capped housing subsidy
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Description

SPMCAPHOUS is the imputed amount of housing assistance, rounded to the nearest dollar, that an SPM family unit (SPMFAMUNIT) receives from various Federal, state, and local sources. There are no questions related to housing assistance on the ACS questionnaire, so the Census Bureau imputes that amount based on data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement of the Current Population Survey (CPS ASEC). This amount is capped based on the housing portion of the SPM threshold minus the payments the tenant makes. For detailed information about how the Census Bureau derives this measure, please refer to the Supplemental Poverty Measure using the American Community Survey working paper.

SPMCAPHOUS is used, along with other non-cash variables, to calculate SPMTOTRES.