HUD Data License for Access to Restricted Data

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R)

Data License Agreements give research organizations household- and member-level administrative records from public housing, Housing Choice Vouchers, multifamily assisted housing and LIHTC for policy-relevant research that needs HUD's identifiable data.

Indicative award

Not a cash award (not a cash award)In-kind data access; HUD provides no funding, and the licensee must not need HUD funding to do the work.

Timing

Rolling / openNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Applications are emailed to DataLicense@hud.gov and reviewed by a committee of professional researchers; extracts typically cover 2003 to one year before the current year.

Who can apply

Any faculty rank, Postdoctoral, Mid-career & senior

Eligibility

Licences go to research organizations that can safeguard personally identifiable data, do not need HUD resources, will destroy PII at licence end, and propose data use that tests a clearly formulated hypothesis.

SSWR clusters

Special Interest Groups

Topics

housing assistance · administrative data · housing choice vouchers · public housing · restricted data

Apply at

https://www.huduser.gov/PORTAL/research/pdr_data-license.html

This entry

Curated by the working group. Written 2026-09-23. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.

Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.

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HUD Data License for Access to Restricted Data

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