aid: hud name: HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development description: >- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides public REST APIs for fair housing data, Fair Market Rents, Income Limits, USPS ZIP code crosswalk files, Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data, and housing counseling agency search. All HUD User dataset APIs require a free bearer token obtained from the HUD User portal; the Housing Counselor search API is publicly accessible without authentication. type: Index deliveryModel: model: saas open_source: false commercial: true callable_host: true label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint confidence: high source: - openapi - pricing generated: '2026-08-28' method: derived accessModel: pricing: free onboarding: open trial: false try_now: true public: true label: Free · Open access confidence: high source: - plans - authentication generated: '2026-07-22' method: derived image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/hud.png url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hud/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-06-13' modified: '2026-10-06' specificationVersion: '0.23' tags: - Housing - Government - Fair Market Rent - Mortgage - Community Development - Public Housing - Section 8 - Income Limits apis: - name: HUD User Fair Market Rents API description: >- Provides Fair Market Rent (FMR) data by state, county, and metropolitan area. Returns efficiency through four-bedroom rental rates used as the basis for Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr tags: - Fair Market Rent - Housing - Section 8 properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html - type: Authentication url: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register - name: HUD User Income Limits API description: >- Returns HUD Income Limits at 30%, 50%, and 80% of Area Median Income (AMI) thresholds by geographic area. Used to determine eligibility for HUD housing assistance programs. image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/il tags: - Income Limits - Housing Assistance - AMI properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/api.html - type: Authentication url: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register - name: HUD User USPS ZIP Code Crosswalk API description: >- Maps USPS ZIP codes to and from census tracts, counties, CBSAs, congressional districts, and county subdivisions. Supports geographic lookups and crosswalk queries for housing analysis. image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/uspszip-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/usps tags: - ZIP Code - Crosswalk - Geography - Census properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/uspszip-api.html - type: Authentication url: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register - name: HUD User CHAS API description: >- Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data provides custom tabulations of American Community Survey data on housing needs at national, state, county, and municipal levels. Used for Consolidated Planning submissions. image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/chas-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/chas tags: - CHAS - Housing Affordability - Community Planning - ACS properties: - type: Documentation url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/chas-api.html - type: Authentication url: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register - name: HUD Housing Counselor Search API description: >- Search for HUD-approved housing counseling agencies by name, city, state, or geographic coordinates. Returns agency contact information and services offered. No API key required. image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg humanURL: https://data.hud.gov/housing_counseling.html baseURL: https://data.hud.gov/Housing_Counselor/search tags: - Housing Counseling - Agency Search - Public properties: - type: Documentation url: https://data.hud.gov/housing_counseling.html - aid: hud:hud-chas-api name: HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development CHAS API description: Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy data humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr tags: - CHAS properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/hud-chas-api-openapi.yml - aid: hud:hud-fair-market-rents-api name: HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Market Rents API description: Fair Market Rent data by geography humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr tags: - Fair Market Rents properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/hud-fair-market-rents-api-openapi.yml - aid: hud:hud-housing-counseling-api name: HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Counseling API description: HUD-approved housing counseling agency search humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr tags: - Housing Counseling properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/hud-housing-counseling-api-openapi.yml - aid: hud:hud-income-limits-api name: HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Income Limits API description: Area Median Income limits by geography humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr tags: - Income Limits properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/hud-income-limits-api-openapi.yml - aid: hud:hud-zip-code-crosswalk-api name: HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development ZIP Code Crosswalk API description: ZIP code to geographic area crosswalk queries humanURL: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html baseURL: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr tags: - ZIP Code Crosswalk properties: - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/hud-zip-code-crosswalk-api-openapi.yml common: - type: CapabilityMap url: capabilities/hud-capability-edges.yml name: HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Business Capability Map - url: https://www.hud.gov/rss.xml type: BlogRSS - type: Open Data url: https://data.hud.gov/ - type: HUD USER url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/home.html - type: HUD GIS url: https://hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com/ - type: FHA url: https://www.hud.gov/fha - type: HUD Exchange url: https://www.hudexchange.info/ - type: News url: https://www.hud.gov/press - type: Support url: https://www.hud.gov/contactus - type: PrivacyPolicy url: https://www.hud.gov/aboutus/privacy-policy - type: Data.gov HUD Catalog url: https://catalog.data.gov/dataset?organization=hud-gov - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/hudgov - type: DeveloperPortal url: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public - type: APIReference url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/uspszip-api.html - type: GettingStarted url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html - type: SignUp url: https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register - type: TermsOfService url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/api-terms-of-service.html - type: Security url: https://www.hud.gov/vulnerability-disclosure-policy - type: Conventions url: conventions/hud-conventions.yml - type: ErrorCatalog url: errors/hud-problem-types.yml - type: Lifecycle url: lifecycle/hud-lifecycle.yml - type: Conformance url: conformance/hud-conformance.yml - type: DataModel url: data-model/hud-data-model.yml - type: Packages url: packages/hud-packages.yml - type: VulnerabilityDisclosure url: security/hud-vulnerability-disclosure.yml - type: X-MCPServerCandidate url: mcp/hud-mcp.yml - type: LLMsTxt url: llms/hud-llms.txt - type: AgenticAccess url: agentic-access/hud-agentic-access.yml - type: DomainSecurity url: security/hud-domain-security.yml - type: Authentication url: authentication/hud-authentication.yml - type: Website url: https://www.hud.gov/ - type: Documentation url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/api.html - type: GitHubOrg url: https://github.com/HUD-Data-Lab - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/us-department-of-housing-and-urban-development/ - type: Blog url: https://www.hud.gov/press/blog - type: Pricing url: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/api-terms-of-service.html - type: StatusPage url: https://data.hud.gov/ - type: X url: https://x.com/HUDgov - type: Plans url: plans/hud-plans-pricing.yml - type: RateLimits url: rate-limits/hud-rate-limits.yml - type: FinOps url: finops/hud-finops.yml maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com