Excerpts from the Introduction: In order to meet the new responsibilities assigned to the Department of Agriculture by Public Law 171, The Housing Act of 1949, I have appointed a temporary Committee on Housing Research to aid in planning the Department's program in this field. The committee includes P. V. Cardon, Administrator, Agricultural Research Administration; D. B. Lasseter, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration; Ralph R. Shaw, The Librarian; L. F. Watts, Chief, Forest Service; G. V. Wells, Chief, Bureau of Agricultural Economics; M. L. Wilson, Director, Extension Service, Chairman. The first responsibility of this committee was to survey existent data, in order that the Department' s new work in the field of housing might utilize all available information to the fullest extent. The bibliography which follows was compiled by Miss Margaret C. Schindler, Chief of the Division of Bibliography of the Department Library, in cooperation with a Working Committee consisting of Roy J. Burroughs, Bureau of Agricultural Economics; L. H. Hauter, Farmers Home Administration; Samuel P. Lyle, Extension Service; Dr. Louise Stanley, Agricultural Research Administration; Dr. George Trayer, Forest Service; and Ralph R. Shaw, The Librarian, Chairman.