HUD’s Basic Missions and Some of Their Key Implications

Anthony Downs, The Brookings Institution


Abstract

In Washington today, major political efforts are underway to eliminate, or at least drastically shrink, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Yet a persuasive case can be made that the Nation needs a strong Federal agency focused on a combination of housing and urban development: in other words, HUD! Such a department is required, even if its functions are drastically changed—an action HUD’s own officials have recommended.

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