---
type: Body
title: "Department of Housing and Urban Development"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-HOUSING-AND-URBAN-DEVELOPMENT"
head: "us/executive/housing-and-urban-development/secretary"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 101 (Executive departments)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-department]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Department of Housing and Urban Development

Executive department, established by 5 U.S.C. § 101. Headed by the [Secretary of Housing and Urban Development](/us/executive/housing-and-urban-development/secretary.md).

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

177 sections of the U.S. Code reference this department. A sample:

- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 772](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-2/section-772.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 1932](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-50/section-1932.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2204b–3](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-55/section-2204b-3.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2824](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-169/section-2824.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701d–4](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701d-4.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701g–5](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701g-5.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701g–5b](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701g-5b.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701n](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701n.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701o](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701o.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701p](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701p.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701q](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701q.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701r](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701r.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701s](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701s.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701v](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701v.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701x](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701x.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701x–1](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701x-1.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701y](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701y.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701z–15](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701z-15.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1701z–2](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1701z-2.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1702](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1702.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1708](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1708.md)
- …and 152 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)