HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development
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.
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes 10 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including CHAS API, Fair Market Rents API, Housing Counseling API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Housing, Government, Fair Market Rent, Mortgage, and Community Development.
The HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s developer surface includes product news, support, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, authentication, documentation, and 34 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
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| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer Lending Licensing (UK, US, Canada credit licence registers) | undeclared | - | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 10
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
HUD User Fair Market Rents API
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...
HUD User Income Limits API
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.
HUD User USPS ZIP Code Crosswalk API
Maps USPS ZIP codes to and from census tracts, counties, CBSAs, congressional districts, and county subdivisions. Supports geographic lookups and crosswalk queries for housing a...
HUD User CHAS API
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data provides custom tabulations of American Community Survey data on housing needs at national, state, county, and municipal...
HUD Housing Counselor Search API
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.
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development CHAS API
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy data
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Fair Market Rents API
Fair Market Rent data by geography
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Counseling API
HUD-approved housing counseling agency search
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Income Limits API
Area Median Income limits by geography
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development ZIP Code Crosswalk API
ZIP code to geographic area crosswalk queries
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Open Collections 5
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
HUD User CHAS API
OPEN COLLECTIONHUD User CHAS Fair Market Rents API
OPEN COLLECTIONHUD User CHAS Housing Counseling API
OPEN COLLECTIONHUD User CHAS Income Limits API
OPEN COLLECTIONHUD User CHAS ZIP Code Crosswalk API
OPEN COLLECTIONHUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development API pricing
Not yet checked against HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist; confirm before you rely on a figure.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Free - HUD User Datasets API | — |
| Free - Housing Counselor Search API | — |
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Hud Plans Pricing
PLANSRate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Hud Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
FinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Hud Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Hud Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
JSON Schema 3
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
HUD Fair Market Rent
JSON SCHEMAHUD Housing Counseling Agency
JSON SCHEMAHUD Income Limits
JSON SCHEMAExamples 3
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Hud Fair Market Rent Example
EXAMPLEHud Income Limits Example
EXAMPLESecurity Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 3
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 5
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 3
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 5
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 5
The organization behind the API
Other 8
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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Source (apis.yml)
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development API — frequently asked questions
Does HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development, including HUD User Fair Market Rents API, HUD User Income Limits API and HUD User USPS ZIP Code Crosswalk API, and 7 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 5 OpenAPI specifications for HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development API?
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development uses bearer-token authentication (http · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Hud Authentication.
How much does the HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development API cost?
APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development API ready for AI agents?
HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development has a Kin Score of 37.8 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 30.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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