The Census Bureau seeks public comment on the proposed extension of the Survey of Construction: Questionnaire for Building Permit Official by August 26, 2025.
The Bureau is requesting a three-year extension of the survey. It uses “the Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) electronic questionnaire SOC-QBPO to collect information from state and local building permit officials on: (1) the types of residential permits they issue, (2) the length of time a permit is valid, (3) how they store permits, and (4) the geographic coverage of the permit system. We need this information to carry out the sampling for the Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions (OMB number 0607-0110), also known as Survey of Construction (SOC). The SOC provides widely used measures of construction activity, including the Principal Economic Indicators: New Residential Construction, and New Residential Sales.”
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Survey of Construction: Questionnaire for Building Permit Official https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/27/2025-11857/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-omb-for
