HUD
noun GOVERNMENT, PROPERTYDefinition
› abbreviation for Department for Housing and Urban Development: a US government department that manages the building of low-cost houses and apartments and new building in cities: HUD is the agency responsible for encouraging housing development.
(Definition of HUD noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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