S.D. Codified Laws § 11-7-34
A commission shall have further power to undertake and carry out studies and analyses of the housing and redevelopment needs within its area of operation and of the meeting of these needs (including data with respect to population and family groups and the distribution thereof according to income groups, the amount and quality of available housing and its distribution according to rentals and sales prices, employment, wages, desirable patterns for land use and community growth, and other factors affecting the local housing and redevelopment needs and the meeting thereof) and to make the results of those studies and analyses available to the public and the building, housing, and supply industries; and to engage in research and disseminate information on housing and redevelopment.
SDCL 11-7-34