Hud

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development APIs.

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Tools

hud_fair_market_rents

Get HUD Fair Market Rent ceilings by bedroom count (0–4+) for a county or metropolitan area and year. AREA-LEVEL ANNUAL STATISTICS only — one benchmark rent figure per area per bedroom count, publishe

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hud_income_limits

Check income eligibility thresholds (extremely low, very low, low-income) for HUD programs by area and family size. Returns income limits by category. Use to determine program qualification.

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hud_crosswalk

Map ZIP codes to census tracts, counties, CBSAs, and congressional districts. Returns geographic identifiers. Use to translate between location code formats or join datasets.

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hud_chas

Get housing affordability data by income level and family type. Returns household counts with cost burdens, overcrowding, and housing problems. Use for housing needs assessment.

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hud_list_states

List all U.S. state codes and names. Returns state abbreviations and full names. Use to validate or discover state codes for 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("u");

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