FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: Executive

OOOOThe Department of Housing & Urban Development

OOOOHOME | EXECUTIVE | HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOOPMENT

OOOOOf all the cabinet departments, HUD runs the most transparent and user-friedy web site. Everything having to do with homes, home-buying, mortgages and insurance is copiously linked from the home page. We saw no reason to re-invent the wheel by reproducing them below. What we have provided are what we believe to be interesting and/or uselful sites from HUD's extensive site index.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The official site. There is a wealth of information on homes, home-buying, home-building and housing discrimination easily accessible from the home page.
Site Index
Main categories of the site.
Audience Group Matrix
Linked grid sorting HUD information by the applicable audience group.
Budget Office
From the office of the Chief Financial Officer, includes Annual Performance Plan, Strategic Plan and the President's Blue Print for HUD.
Complaints
HUD handles a number of complaints having to do with Federal housing laws including housing discrmination, land sales and all aspects of housing and contracting done under the auspices of HUD or the federal government.
Disabilities
Comprehensive page for persons with disabilities including both HUD rules but links to applicable federal statutes.
Muli-Family Industry (Developers)
Rules and regulations for developers of multi-family housing under HUD auspices.
Environmental Maps
"Location, type, and performance of HUD-funded activities in every neighborhood across the country; and select EPA information on brownfields, hazardous wastes, air pollution and waste water discharges."
HUDClips
Hud-related and -generated documents, statutes, regulations, notices, legal opinions and correspondence.
HUD User
Publications produced by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research: "an information source for housing and community development researchers and policymakers, HUD USER is the primary source for Federal Government reports and information on housing policy and programs, building technology, economic development, urban planning, and other housing-related topics."
Library
Links to HUD publications: Housing, Research, Assisted, Native American, Homeless, Cities, Funding, Legal, Congressional, Labor Relations, Archives, etc.
Management and Marketing Contractors
These are the business that manage and market repossessed homes for HUD.
Minimum Property Standards
For housing constructed under HUD programs.
Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
Recent testimony and HUD-related legislation as well as links to federal, state and local governmental organizations doing business with HUD.
Office of the Inspector General
The IG is the internal policeman for the department. Read the IG Report.
Speeches & Testimony
Of the Secretary.
Tenants Rights & Responsibilities
Includes complaint process for tenants of HUD-subsidized landlords.