Department of Housing and Urban Development federal obligations in Massachusetts

HUD and Massachusetts in one aggregate

Fifteen thousand five awards under $11,472,338,561.79 is a mid-volume HUD cell: fewer rows than the highest-count HUD states, more than a procurement-heavy agency with a few hundred awards. The mean near $764,568 reflects that middle position. It is still not a typical voucher payment.

The join does not count housing units, waitlists, or rents. 15,005 is an award-record count. Renewals and multiple instruments per recipient can inflate row counts without mapping one-to-one onto households.

Massachusetts housing authorities and private owners can both appear among 15,005 award records. The facts do not say in what proportion. $11,472,338,561.79 is the mixed total. Treating it as public-housing-only or voucher-only would invent a program share the packet does not contain.

Awarding agency 086

Department of Housing and Urban Development nationwide is the 086 hub. Massachusetts’s $11,472,338,561.79 is the MA geography only. Other New England states are not included unless their place-of-performance code is MA — which it is not.

Overlay /states/ma/agencies/086/ should match 15,005 awards. Program names are not in the facts. Public housing, vouchers, and community development are possible contents of a HUD table; they are not dollar shares on this page.

Massachusetts place of performance

MA as a tag can include Boston, Worcester, Springfield, and the rest of the Commonwealth in one $11,472,338,561.79 total. No metro split is provided. The Massachusetts federal spending hub is the parent geography.

Massachusetts also has other agency cells with opposite table shapes — few rows and a high mean, or many rows and a modest mean. HUD’s 15,005 awards are the assistance-shaped join on this page, not a competitor.

The Massachusetts federal spending hub is the parent that places HUD beside other awarding agencies. This tie isolates 086. A thin, high-mean agency cell in the same state is a different mission and a different overlay. Neither cell is a ranking of which federal role matters more in Massachusetts.

Obligations, not rent checks

Housing assistance often obligates an amount that pays out over a performance period. $11,472,338,561.79 is the obligation sum, not an outlay sum. Treating it as cash already transferred to Massachusetts landlords would confuse the field.

No fiscal year is in the facts. The total is not labeled as a single calendar year of housing aid.

Massachusetts HUD’s 15,005 awards totaling $11,472,338,561.79 are a mid-volume assistance table. Mid-volume still is not a household count. Renewals can sit in the 15,005. The mean near $764,568 is per record, not per month and not per unit. Boston is not split from the rest of the Commonwealth. The overlay is the place to inspect individual awards; this narrative will not name housing authorities as dollar amounts.

What the pair does not prove

This join does not rank Massachusetts housing affordability and does not claim HUD spending caused population or rent change. It records agency 086 and state MA on 15,005 awards totaling $11,472,338,561.79. FEC data is not used.

See Department of Housing and Urban Development in Massachusetts, Massachusetts federal spending, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and All spending ties.

Massachusetts HUD awards are not split among Boston, Worcester, Springfield, or the rest of the Commonwealth in the facts. $11,472,338,561.79 is statewide. The 15,005-award count is not 15,005 households. Other Massachusetts agency pages, including a thin pension-related overlay, are different codes and are not this HUD cell.

How the Massachusetts HUD join sits

Department of Housing and Urban Development in Massachusetts is the overlay. Massachusetts federal spending is the parent. Department of Housing and Urban Development is agency 086 nationwide. All spending ties lists other pairs. Those links keep 15,005 HUD records from being mistaken for the state’s entire federal award inventory.

Fifteen thousand five awards and a mean near $764,568 describe a mid-volume assistance table. Mid-volume is not a rent ranking. The mean is dollars per award record, not monthly housing assistance. No program split is supplied. Obligations can pay out over a performance period; outlays are unreported. No year is labeled. The pair does not claim HUD spending caused Massachusetts population or rent change.

Questions

How much HUD funding is obligated in Massachusetts?

USAspending records $11,472,338,561.79 in agency 086 obligations with Massachusetts place of performance, across 15,005 awards. That is an obligation aggregate, not outlays.

Why is the Massachusetts HUD average higher than Florida’s?

Massachusetts has 15,005 awards under $11,472,338,561.79 (mean about $764,568). Other HUD states with far more rows show lower means. Neither mean is a typical household payment.

Does this count how many people received housing aid?

No. 15,005 is an award-record count, not a person or household count.

Is this the state’s housing budget?

No. It is federal USAspending obligations for awarding agency 086 with Massachusetts place of performance. State and local housing funds are separate.