Hud

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HUD MCP — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development APIs.

5 tools

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Tools

hud_fair_market_rents

Get Fair Market Rents (FMR) from HUD. FMRs are used to determine payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher program, initial rents for Section 8 project-based assistance, and rent ceilings for H

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hud_income_limits

Get HUD income limits for housing programs by area. Income limits determine eligibility for HUD-assisted housing programs. Returns thresholds for extremely low, very low, and low income categories by

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hud_crosswalk

HUD USPS ZIP code crosswalk. Maps between ZIP codes, census tracts, counties, CBSAs (metro areas), and congressional districts. Essential for geographic analysis when joining data from different sourc

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hud_chas

Get Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data from HUD. CHAS data demonstrates the extent of housing problems and housing needs, particularly for low-income households. Used by communit

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hud_list_states

List all U.S. state codes and names recognized by the HUD API. Useful for discovering valid state codes to use with other HUD tools.

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hud/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Call a tool

bash

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hud/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"hud_fair_market_rents","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("hud_fair_market_rents", {});

ask_pipeworx

// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("hud mcp — u");

Related compound tools

These combine Hud with other data sources in a single call:

Housing Intel

Housing Intel MCP — Meta-pack that chains FRED, BLS, ATTOM, and HUD APIs

7 tools — housing_market_snapshot, housing_property_report, housing_rental_analysis, housing_affordability_check, housing_employment_outlook, housing_signal_scan, housing_mortgage_history

Related packs

Other Pipeworx packs in the same categories (Government, Real Estate, Developer):

MCP Config

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx-hud": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/hud/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}