HUD USER is an information source containing reports and reference documents for the

U.S. 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 Ur ...

(HUD). HUD USER was established by the HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) in 1978.

Background

HUD USER contains over 800 documents, comprising a variety of reference material for

research Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge". It involves the collection, organization and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness ...

ers and policy makers. In addition to published works, HUD User hosts

data set A data set (or dataset) is a collection of data. In the case of tabular data, a data set corresponds to one or more database tables, where every column of a table represents a particular variable, and each row corresponds to a given record of the ...

s and a

bibliographic database A bibliographic database is a database of bibliographic records, an organized digital collection of references to published literature, including journal and newspaper articles, conference proceedings, reports, government and legal publications, ...

. Most of the material can be

download In computer networks, download means to ''receive'' data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar system. This contrasts with uploading, where data is ''sent to'' a remote ...

ed for free or purchased in print-form.

Periodicals

HUD USER publishes at regular intervals: the Research Works

newsletter A newsletter is a printed or electronic report containing news concerning the activities of a business or an organization that is sent to its members, customers, employees or other subscribers. Newsletters generally contain one main topic of ...

, the Breakthrough e-newsletter, the tri-quarterly Cityscape journal, and a quarterly report on U.S. housing market conditions.

Data sets

HUD USER provides researchers with access to the original

data In the pursuit of knowledge, data (; ) is a collection of discrete values that convey information, describing quantity, quality, fact, statistics, other basic units of meaning, or simply sequences of symbols that may be further interpret ...

sets generated by PD&R-sponsored

data collection Data collection or data gathering is the process of gathering and measuring information on targeted variables in an established system, which then enables one to answer relevant questions and evaluate outcomes. Data collection is a research com ...

efforts. These data sets include the American Housing Survey, HUD

median family income The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two equal groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount. It may differ from the mean (or average) income. Both of these are ways o ...

limits, microdata from

initiatives, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the

public housing Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local. Although the common goal of public housing is to provide affordable housing, the details, terminology, de ...

population.

Additional sections

In addition to the resources noted above, the HUD USER also hosts smaller, content-specific sections including specialized clearing houses,

housing Housing, or more generally, living spaces, refers to the construction and assigned usage of houses or buildings individually or collectively, for the purpose of shelter. Housing ensures that members of society have a place to live, whether ...

, and

community development The United Nations defines community development as "a process where community members come together to take collective action and generate solutions to common problems." It is a broad concept, applied to the practices of civic leaders, activists ...

s. HUD USER also hosts a case studies section highlighting development projects.

References

External links

Department of Energy / Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

EPA / National Service Center for Environmental Publications

Partnership for Sustainable Communities

Department of Transportation / Research

Transportation Research Board of the National Academies

National Academy of Sciences / Publications

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)

U.S. GPO Federal Depository Library Program
{{US Statistical Agencies United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Statistical System of the United States