Housing affects our lives in many ways. We buy and sell homes, rent apartments, and invest in residential and commercial properties. Government agencies produce many publications on various aspects of housing. These publications can be found in various Purdue Libraries with the HSSE and MEL libraries having the largest collections. Examples of Library Catalog subject headings you can use to search for government documents on housing include:

Government Sale of Real Property United States
Home Ownership United States
Housing Policy United States
Housing Surveys United States
Rental Housing Law and Legislation United States

The principal index for U.S. Government publications is the Monthly Catalog of U.S.
Government Publications HSSE REF & Periodicals 016.353 Un36 which is available online from 1994-present. Another similiar index is the GPO Index located in the Indexes section of the Purdue Libraries website. Additional useful indexes are the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index HSSE REF 328.73005 C76 covering congressional publications from 1970 to the present, the CIS U.S. Congressional Serial Set Index 1789-1969 HSSE REF 328.73 C761c, CIS Index to Executive Branch Documents 1789-1909 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1990, and CIS Index to U.S. Executive Branch Documents 1910-1932 HSSE REF 351.73 C497 1996

Federal and state legal and regulatory housing information sources include:

Examples of U.S. Government executive branch and independent agency housing publications include:

 
Legislative branch agencies evaluate the performance of government programs and provide funding for these programs.  Examples of legislative branch publications on housing include:

Internet Resources

Increasing volumes of U.S. Government information are on the Internet.  The Purdue  Libraries Government Documents Department www.lib.purdue.edu/govdocs/ is a good starting point.  Other useful U.S. Government Internet housing resources include:

State Agencies

Foreign Governments