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The ''' | The '''[[Department of Housing and Urban Development]]''' ('''HUD''') is one of the [[United States federal executive departments|executive departments]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. federal government]]. It administers federal housing and urban development laws. It is headed by the [[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|secretary of housing and urban development]], who reports directly to the [[president of the United States]] and is a member of the president's [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]. | ||
Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it was founded as a Cabinet department in 1965, as part of the "Great Society" program of President Lyndon B. Johnson, to develop and execute policies on housing and metropolises. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The idea of a department of Urban Affairs was proposed in a 1957 report to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, led by New York Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller|Nelson A. Rockefeller.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban affairs message, February 1962: 1-6 and undated (3 of 3 folders) {{!}} JFK Library |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHSFLCW/018/JFKWHSFLCW-018-005 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=www.jfklibrary.org}}</ref> The idea of a department of Housing and Urban Affairs was taken up by President John F. Kennedy, with Pennsylvania Senator and Kennedy ally [[Joseph S. Clark Jr.]] listing it as one of the top seven legislative priorities for the administration in internal documents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1960 {{!}} JFK Library |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKPOF/049/JFKPOF-049-001 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=www.jfklibrary.org}}</ref> | The idea of a department of Urban Affairs was proposed in a 1957 report to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, led by New York Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller|Nelson A. Rockefeller.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Urban affairs message, February 1962: 1-6 and undated (3 of 3 folders) {{!}} JFK Library |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHSFLCW/018/JFKWHSFLCW-018-005 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=www.jfklibrary.org}}</ref> The idea of a department of Housing and Urban Affairs was taken up by President John F. Kennedy, with Pennsylvania Senator and Kennedy ally [[Joseph S. Clark Jr.]] listing it as one of the top seven legislative priorities for the administration in internal documents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1960 {{!}} JFK Library |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKPOF/049/JFKPOF-049-001 |access-date=June 7, 2022 |website=www.jfklibrary.org}}</ref> | ||