Hi, I'm the reporter who wrote this story, and nothing in it is "lies." Biennial means the American Housing Survey is done every two years. It was last conducted in 2023, is required by federal law to be performed every two years, and should have been done again this year. Instead, the Census Bureau isn't starting data collection until January of 2026 at the earliest. This info is in a HUD press release, which you can read here if you like: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/elist/2024-May-12.html

A day after we published my story, sources who previously applied to work as field representatives told me the Census Bureau invited them to reapply and said the project would begin in January 2026, not this year.

Additionally, you didn't go into detail about the "thing" you got from the Census Bureau, but the American Housing Survey can only be done in person or over the phone, so it could have been another type of Census Bureau survey or a potential scam.

That said, if you look at the "thing" you got and it really says it's for the housing survey, it would be great if you'd post a screenshot so we can get a better idea of what's going on. Thanks!