3.2: Locations and Related Information

Publish HUD-Assisted Housing Locations and Related Information

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HUD strives to ensure America's citizens have access to safe, decent, and affordable housing. The Department does this through the outright ownership of housing stock, and also through various subsidies and rental voucher programs. Detailed information about HUD's housing portfolio, such as the availability of units and where they are located, has traditionally been inaccessible to the public. Gathering this information and putting it online in an easily navigable and machine readable format will allow for greater ease of use on the part of citizens requiring HUD's services. Moreover, it will enable researchers, developers, and other consumers of data outside of the Department to better utilize the information that is already being collected. HUD is aware of the potentially sensitive nature of this information, and it will ensure that none of its customers' personally identifiable information (PII) is released during the implementation of this initiative. This will include limiting the level at which housing units are identified to the zip-code or congressional district level, thus limiting the ability of PII information being disclosed or discovered through mash-ups with other data. Delivery mediums of the data released in accordance with this initiative will take into account its likely consumers. In particular, low-income members of the public might not always have easy access to the Internet. The effective delivery of such information will require internal education of HUD employees, as well as clear communication with community-based non-profits that interact with these customers most frequently. In addition to aiding citizens participating in HUD's numerous assisted housing programs, the greater flexibility, accountability, and transparency that will result from this program will also be of great assistance to the Department in monitoring the state of its assets and the use of its funds.

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