HUD - US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Schema

HUD Income Limits

Schema for income limit data returned by the HUD User Income Limits API

HousingGovernmentFair Market RentMortgageCommunity DevelopmentPublic HousingSection 8Income Limits

Properties

Name	Type	Description
area_name	string	Name of the geographic area
area_code	string	HUD area code
county_name	string	County name if applicable
state_name	string	State name
year	string	Fiscal year for the income limit data
median_income	integer	Area Median Income (AMI) in USD
VeryLow	object	Income limits at 50% of AMI (Very Low Income)
ExtVeryLow	object	Income limits at 30% of AMI (Extremely Low Income)
Low	object	Income limits at 80% of AMI (Low Income)

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/hud/main/json-schema/hud-income-limits-schema.json",
  "title": "HUD Income Limits",
  "description": "Schema for income limit data returned by the HUD User Income Limits API",
  "type": "object",
  "definitions": {
    "IncomeLimitBySize": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Income limit values for household sizes 1-8 persons",
      "properties": {
        "l1": { "type": "integer", "description": "1-person household income limit in USD" },
        "l2": { "type": "integer", "description": "2-person household income limit in USD" },
        "l3": { "type": "integer", "description": "3-person household income limit in USD" },
        "l4": { "type": "integer", "description": "4-person household income limit in USD" },
        "l5": { "type": "integer", "description": "5-person household income limit in USD" },
        "l6": { "type": "integer", "description": "6-person household income limit in USD" },
        "l7": { "type": "integer", "description": "7-person household income limit in USD" },
        "l8": { "type": "integer", "description": "8-person household income limit in USD" }
      },
      "required": ["l1", "l2", "l3", "l4", "l5", "l6", "l7", "l8"]
    }
  },
  "properties": {
    "area_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Name of the geographic area"
    },
    "area_code": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "HUD area code"
    },
    "county_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "County name if applicable"
    },
    "state_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "State name"
    },
    "year": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Fiscal year for the income limit data"
    },
    "median_income": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Area Median Income (AMI) in USD"
    },
    "VeryLow": {
      "description": "Income limits at 50% of AMI (Very Low Income)",
      "$ref": "#/definitions/IncomeLimitBySize"
    },
    "ExtVeryLow": {
      "description": "Income limits at 30% of AMI (Extremely Low Income)",
      "$ref": "#/definitions/IncomeLimitBySize"
    },
    "Low": {
      "description": "Income limits at 80% of AMI (Low Income)",
      "$ref": "#/definitions/IncomeLimitBySize"
    }
  },
  "required": ["area_name", "year", "median_income", "VeryLow", "ExtVeryLow", "Low"]
}