DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT


Meaning of DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT in English

( abbr HUD )

the US government department in charge of financial programmes to build houses and to help people buy their own homes. It provides insurance for mortgages and helps pay for houses for poor and old people. It also plans the development of cities.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.