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HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Income Limits API

Area Median Income limits by geography

HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Income Limits API is one of 10 APIs that HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Income Limits. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public.

2 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/fmr
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development Income Limits API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token obtained by registering at https://www.huduser.gov/hudapi/public/register

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Income Limits 2

Area Median Income limits by geography

GET
/il/data/{entityid}
Get Income Limits by Entity
getIncomeLimitsByEntity 2 params → 200401404
GET
/il/statedata/{state}
Get Income Limits by State
getIncomeLimitsByState 2 params → 200401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are IncomeLimitArea (9 properties), IncomeLimitByHouseholdSize (8 properties), IncomeLimitResponse (1 property), ErrorResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

IncomeLimitByHouseholdSize
object
Income limit values by household size (1-8 persons)
8 properties
IncomeLimitStateResponse
object
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
1 property
IncomeLimitResponse
object
1 property
IncomeLimitArea
object
Income limit data for a geographic area
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

hud-income-limits-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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HUD User CHAS API
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