department of housing and urban development
Department of Housing and Urban Development. The cabinet-level department of the federal government responsible for overseeing programs that are concerned with housing needs and fair-housing opportunities, and with improving and developing the nation’s communities. • It was established in 1965 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act. 42 USCA §§ 3532–3537. It is headed by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. — Abbr. HUD. [Cases: United States 82(3). C.J.S. United States § 159.]