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United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the secretary of housing and urban development, who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.

"Housing and Urban Development" redirects here. For the area of study, see Urban planning.

Agency overview

September 9, 1965 (1965-09-09)

Federal government of the United States

Robert C. Weaver Federal Building
451 7th Street SW, Washington, D.C.
38°53′2.17″N 77°1′21.03″W / 38.8839361°N 77.0225083°W / 38.8839361; -77.0225083

7,240 (FY2021 FTE)[1]

$60.3 billion (FY2021)[note 1][2]

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Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it was founded as a Cabinet department in 1965, as part of the "Great Society" program of President Lyndon B. Johnson, to develop and execute policies on housing and metropolises.

June 27, 1934 – The creates the Federal Housing Administration, which helps provide mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders.[7]

National Housing Act

September 1, 1937 – creates the U.S. Housing Authority, which helps enact slum clearance projects and construction of low-rent housing.

Housing Act of 1937

February 3, 1938 – The National Housing Act Amendments of 1938 is signed into law. The law creates the Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), which provides a secondary market to the Federal Housing Administration.[9]

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February 24, 1942 – Executive Order 9070, Establishing the . The Federal Housing Administration, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, The Home Owners' Loan Corporation, The United States Housing Authority, defense housing under the Federal Works Agency, the War Department, the Navy Department, the Farm Security Administration, the Defense Homes Corporation, the Federal Loan Administration, and the Division of Defense Housing Coordination were consolidated. The National Housing Agency would be made up of three units, each with its own commissioner. The units were the Federal Housing Administration, the Federal Home Loan Bank Administration, and the United States Housing Authority.[10]

National Housing Agency

July 27, 1947 – The is established through Reorganization Plan Number 3.

Housing and Home Finance Agency

July 15, 1949 – The is enacted to help eradicate slums and promote community development and redevelopment programs.

Housing Act of 1949

August 2, 1954 – The establishes comprehensive planning assistance.

Housing Act of 1954

September 23, 1959 – The allows funds for elderly housing.

Housing Act of 1959

September 2, 1964 – The allows rehabilitation loans for homeowners.

Housing Act of 1964

August 10, 1965 – The instituted several major expansions in federal housing programs.

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

September 1965 – HUD is created as a cabinet-level agency by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act.

April 1968 – The is passed to ban discrimination in housing.

Fair Housing Act

During 1968 – The establishes the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae).

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968

August 1969 – The establishes that low income families only pay no more than 25 percent of their income for rent.

Brooke Amendment

August 1974 – allows community development block grants and help for urban homesteading.

Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

October 1977 – The sets up Urban Development Grants and continues elderly and handicapped assistance.

Housing and Community Act of 1977

July 1987 – The gives help to communities to deal with homelessness. It includes the creation of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness of which HUD is a member.

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act

February 1988 – The Housing and Community Development Act provides for the sale of public housing to resident management corporations.

October 1992 – The program starts to revitalize public housing and how it works.

HOPE VI

October 1992 – The codifies within its language the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 that creates the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, and mandates HUD to set goals for lower income and underserved housing areas for the GSEs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Housing and Community Development Act of 1992

1992 – Federal Housing Enterprises' Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992 creates HUD Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight to provide public oversight of FNMA and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac).

1993 – Henry G. Cisneros is named Secretary of HUD by President William J. Clinton, January 22. Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community program becomes law as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.

1995 – "Blueprint for Reinvention of HUD" proposes sweeping changes in public housing reform and FHA, consolidation of other programs into three block grants.

1996 – Homeownership totals 66.3 million American households, the largest number ever.

1997 – Andrew M. Cuomo is named by President Clinton to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the first appointment ever from within the department.

1998 – HUD opens Enforcement Center to take action against HUD-assisted multifamily property owners and other HUD fund recipients who violate laws and regulations. Congress approves Public Housing reforms to reduce segregation by race and income, encourage and reward work, bring more working families into public housing, and increase the availability of subsidized housing for very poor families.

2000 – America's homeownership rate reaches a new record-high of 67.7 percent in the third quarter of 2000. A total of 71.6 million American families own their homes - more than at any time in American history.

2001 – Mel Martinez, named by President George W. Bush to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 23, 2001.

2004 – Alphonso Jackson, named by President George W. Bush to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 31, 2004. Mr. Jackson is the first Deputy Secretary to subsequently be named Secretary.

2007 – HUD initiates program providing seller concessions to buyers of HUD homes, allowing them to use a down payment of $100.

2013 – HUD announces it will "close its offices on May 24 and possibly six other days" as a result of the .[11]

budget sequestration in 2013

The idea of a department of Urban Affairs was proposed in a 1957 report to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, led by New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.[3] The idea of a department of Housing and Urban Affairs was taken up by President John F. Kennedy, with Pennsylvania Senator and Kennedy ally Joseph S. Clark Jr. listing it as one of the top seven legislative priorities for the administration in internal documents.[4]


The department was established on September 9, 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act[5] into law. It stipulated that the department was to be created no later than November 8, sixty days following the date of enactment. The actual implementation was postponed until January 14, 1966, following the completion of a special study group report on the federal role in solving urban problems.


HUD is administered by the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Its headquarters is located in the Robert C. Weaver Federal Building. Some important milestones for HUD's development include:[6]

Federal Housing Administration

Organizational structure[edit]

Major programs[edit]

The major program offices are:

1944 – , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 78–346

Servicemen's Readjustment Act

1949 – Housing Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 81–171

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1950 – Housing Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 81–475

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1951 – Defense Housing Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 82–139

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1952 – 550 Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 82–325

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1954 – Housing Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 83–560

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1959 – Housing Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 86–372

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1962 – Senior Citizens Housing Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–723

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1965 – , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–117

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965

1965 – Department of Housing and Urban Development Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–174

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1968 – , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 90–448

Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968

1974 – Housing and Urban Development Act,

Pub.L. 93-383

1976 – Housing and Urban Development Act,

Pub.L. 94-375

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

1987 – , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 100–242

Housing and Community Development Act of 1987

1987 – , Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 100–77

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act

1989 – Department of Housing and Urban Development Reform Act of 1989, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 101–235

Pub. L.

1989 - , 1990,[37]

H.R.2916 - Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act

1990 – Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act, Tooltip Public Law (United States) 101–625

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Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992

Repairing and modernizing public housing, including increasing the energy efficiency of units, $4 billion to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing

Mortgage Discrimination

Moving to Opportunity

Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse

Title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations

Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations

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Housing discrimination in the United States

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