US HUD Housing Affordability & Rents

Name: US HUD Housing Affordability & Rents Signal
Creator: US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
License: https://www.fodda.ai/terms

Fair Market Rents and median income benchmarks by ZIP code and metro area for studio to 4-bedroom units from US HUD.

What It Does

Tracks Fair Market Rents (FMR), Small Area FMRs by ZIP code, and Area Median Income (AMI) limits across US metropolitan counties and postal codes from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Key Features & Data Slices

ZIP-Level Small Area Fair Market Rents
Studio to 4-Bedroom Rent Benchmarks
Area Median Income (AMI) Thresholds
Year-over-Year Rental Cost Trends

Institutional Source & Provenance

Curated by US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (Environment).

Machine Query Protocol (Fodda MCP)

Query this dataset directly inside Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, or custom agent workflows:

POST https://api.fodda.ai/v1/graphs/hud_housing/search