PART D

When you call up a case in the CPS instrument and determine that the housing unit is a Type B noninterview, you select item <3> at the introb screen or <P> if it is a URE household. (The instrument will set the Type B, temporary occupied with persons with URE.)

You must also choose the type of noninterview. At the NONTYP screen, selecting <2> makes the case a Type B noninterview. After you make the housing unit a Type B in the CPS, you enter information according to the Type B noninterview status. You enter the reason for the Type B (TYPB) status, whether it is a Type B, vacant regular, vacant, or household storage of furniture. Next, you collect the mailing address in ABMAIL, whether the housing unit has direct access in ACCESS, the type of living quarters in LIVQRT and if the unit is available for use year-round in SEASON.

If the noninterview status changes before you begin to collect HVS information, you complete information according to the status of the unit during interview week, that is; the period for which the CPS is collected.

Interview the landlord, owner, agent, resident or building manager. Consider a janitor as an agent if he/she is responsible for answering inquiries about the unit. Frequently, the name, address, and phone number of persons who can provide information is posted on the property.

Interview a knowledgeable neighbor when the landlord, owner, or agent is not available. Enter the name of whoever supplies most or all the information necessary to complete the HVS, if possible, and a telephone number where they can be reached in the BC-INFO screen. Enter the neighbor's name if the neighbor supplied all or most of the information.

See Chapter 1 of this section, for conditions in which you may complete the HVS by telephone. In addition, you may make a telephone callback when a responsible qualified respondent is not available at the time of your visit. You must first obtain the telephone number of a qualified respondent or information for contacting the owner, manager, etc.