Are you a R developer? Check out rhud instead.

To install from pypi use:

pip install hudpy

You can install the development version by cloning the repository:

git clone https://github.com/etam4260/hudpy.git

now run:

pip install ./hudpy

To use functions provided by this package, you need to get access HUD USER via token. Go to https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/login to register for an account and then create a token with access to all datasets provided by HUD. This will include selecting USPS Crosswalk, Fair Markets Rent, Income Limits, and Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy.

Now copy and paste that key into the hud_set_key() function.

hud_set_key("sample-key")

This sample provided below shows how to query the USPS Crosswalk API

hud_cw_zip_tract(zip = '35213', year = ['2010'], quarter = ['1'])

• This interface uses the HUD User Data API but is not endorsed or certified by HUD User.

The goal of this project is to provide an easy-to-use interface to access various open-source APIs provided by the U.S Housing and Urban Development. These include the USPS Crosswalk Files, Fair Markets Rent, Income Limits, and Comprehensive Housing and Affordability Strategy. Although HUD does provide datasets for other programs, they are currently not supported by an API.

Please read https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/api-terms-of-service.html for all terms of service.

According to HUD USER:

All services, which utilize or access the API, should display the following notice prominently within the application: “This product uses the HUD User Data API but is not endorsed or certified by HUD User.” You may use the HUD User name in order to identify the source of API content subject to these rules. You may not use the HUD User name, or the like to imply endorsement of any product, service, or entity, not-for-profit, commercial or otherwise.

According to (HUD User Home Page | HUD USER), HUD User is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development information source that includes reports and reference documents. HUD USER was founded in 1978 by the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research.

HUD User maintains an API to gain access to their data. However, their API system can be confusing and provides their information in JSON format rather than a data-frame like object. Although there exist file downloadables, R users may want to be able to extract specific bits of the data into memory.

Please cite this package using:

Tam E, Reilly A, Ghaedi H, Jin S (2022). hudpy: A Python Interface to the HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development) APIs. 0.2.0,
https://github.com/etam4260/hudpy/.

The APIs and datasets which this library interfaces are listed below. The HUD also provide miscellaneous supplemental APIs under them.

1. HUD User

• USPS Crosswalk (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/uspszip-api.html)

• Fair Markets Rent (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html)
  • Small Areas Fair Markets Rent

• Income Limits (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/fmr-api.html)

• Comprehensive Housing and Affordability Strategy (https://www.huduser.gov/portal/dataset/chas-api.html)

• US Geographic Entities

• Key access

• Caching

• Utilities

• Emmet Tam(https://github.com/etam4260)[emmet_tam@yahoo.com]
• Allison Reilly()[areilly2@umd.edu]
• Hamed Ghaedi()[hghaedi@terpmail.umd.edu]
• Shuyu Jin(https://github.com/geojsy)[geojsy@umd.edu]

• License: GPL >= 2

• This interface uses the HUD User Data API but is not endorsed or certified by HUD User.

• The limit on the maximum number of API calls is 1200 queries a min. Each function call does not correspond to a single API call!

• This is a WIP so please report any issues or bugs to: https://github.com/etam4260/hudpy/issues

• This is open source, so please fork and introduce some pull requests!

HUD User Home Page: HUD USER. HUD User Home Page | HUD USER. (n.d.). Retrieved February 24, 2022, from https://www.huduser.gov/portal/home.html