HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
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The HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs is a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that oversees federal homeless assistance initiatives and funding to support housing and services for people experiencing homelessness and other special needs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5325495 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs Context triple: [Continuum of Care Program, administeredBy, HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs]
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A.
HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing
The HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing is a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development responsible for administering and supporting public housing and rental assistance programs for low-income families and Native American communities.
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B.
Office of Housing
The Office of Housing is a major division within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development responsible for federal housing programs, including mortgage insurance, multifamily housing, and regulatory oversight of housing-related activities.
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C.
CDC Habitat
CDC Habitat is a major French public housing and real estate company that develops, manages, and operates affordable and social housing across France.
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D.
Public Housing Administration
The Public Housing Administration was a U.S. federal agency responsible for financing and overseeing the development and management of low-rent public housing projects in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program
The Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program is a federal initiative that provides affordable, community-based rental housing and supportive services to very low-income adults with disabilities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs Target entity description: The HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs is a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that oversees federal homeless assistance initiatives and funding to support housing and services for people experiencing homelessness and other special needs.
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A.
HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing
The HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing is a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development responsible for administering and supporting public housing and rental assistance programs for low-income families and Native American communities.
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B.
Office of Housing
The Office of Housing is a major division within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development responsible for federal housing programs, including mortgage insurance, multifamily housing, and regulatory oversight of housing-related activities.
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C.
CDC Habitat
CDC Habitat is a major French public housing and real estate company that develops, manages, and operates affordable and social housing across France.
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D.
Public Housing Administration
The Public Housing Administration was a U.S. federal agency responsible for financing and overseeing the development and management of low-rent public housing projects in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program
The Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program is a federal initiative that provides affordable, community-based rental housing and supportive services to very low-income adults with disabilities in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal program office
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government office ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SNAPS ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
end homelessness
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prevent homelessness ⓘ support people with special needs in obtaining housing ⓘ |
| beneficiaries |
families experiencing homelessness
ⓘ
people experiencing homelessness ⓘ people with disabilities ⓘ people with other special needs ⓘ veterans experiencing homelessness ⓘ youth experiencing homelessness ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| fundingSource | federal appropriations ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ⓘ |
| partOf |
HUD Office of Community Planning and Development
ⓘ
linked to:
Office of Community Planning and Development
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| policyArea |
affordable housing
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homelessness prevention ⓘ permanent supportive housing ⓘ rapid rehousing ⓘ supportive housing ⓘ |
| primaryFocus |
homeless assistance
ⓘ
special needs housing ⓘ |
| programType | grantmaking ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
administering federal homeless assistance grants
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data collection on homelessness through HUD programs ⓘ overseeing Continuum of Care Program ⓘ overseeing Emergency Solutions Grants Program ⓘ overseeing HUD homeless assistance competitions ⓘ policy guidance on homelessness programs ⓘ technical assistance for homeless service providers ⓘ |
| sector |
homelessness services
ⓘ
housing ⓘ |
| usesDataSystem | Homeless Management Information System ⓘ |
| website | https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/homeless_programs ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Continuums of Care
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local governments ⓘ nonprofit organizations ⓘ public housing agencies ⓘ state governments ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs Description of subject: The HUD Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs is a division of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that oversees federal homeless assistance initiatives and funding to support housing and services for people experiencing homelessness and other special needs.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.