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United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), established 1965 to coordinate and administer programs that provide assistance for housing and community development. The department assists in finding solutions to the problems of housing and urban development through state, local, or private action. It makes direct loans, insures mortgages, and provides housing subsidies, and it promotes and enforces equal housing opportunity. The secretary of the department has cabinet rank. Robert Weaver , the department's first head, was also the first African-American cabinet member in U.S. history.

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	HUD issues 'Deconcentration' policy and warns against non-compliance.(United States Department of Housing and Urban Development)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 4/5/2000
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	Executive order 13243-providing and order of succession within the department of housing and urban development.(Transcript) Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 12/31/2001

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