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14 4 Geographic Adjustments to Thresholds The thresholds used in the current poverty measure do not vary bywhere people live. That is, there is a U.S.
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GEOGRAPHIC ADJUSTMENTS TO THRESHOLDS 15 modified version of a method used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to create annual fair market rents (FMRs)
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16 EXPERIMENTAL POVERTY MEASURES A number of other technical limitations of these methods were discussed during the workshop. For example, FMRs were developed to run HUD's Section 8 certificate and voucher program and not for poverty measurement purposes.
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