Department of Housing and Urban Development

noun

1. the department of the U.S. federal government that institutes and administers all federal programs dealing with better housing, urban renewal, and metropolitan planning. HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development

1. A department of the federal executive branch responsible for home finance, promoting civil rights in housing, urban renewal (see also urban renewal), and the development of new communities.

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In response to a request for comment from Salon, the Department of Housing and Urban Development said: “The Radical Left has shut down the government,” and that it was unable to respond at this time.

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As a former assistant secretary for policy development and research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Bostic views housing as both a driver of inequality and a constraint on business growth.

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A spokesperson for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which drafted the rules, declined to comment.

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In May 1984, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development estimated that L.A. had the largest homeless population in the country, just ahead of New York.

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Department of Housing and Urban Development, California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services and other agencies, where a dozen organizations assisting fire survivors pleaded for more assistance.

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