{
 "release": "2026-11-05",
 "columns": [
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "agency_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "HUD code of the housing authority (for example VA006)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "agency_name",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "As in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "state",
   "type": "text (2 letters)",
   "meaning": "As in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "schedule_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "One schedule = one authority + program + effective date + area",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "program",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "HCV (vouchers), public housing, both, or other, as the schedule states",
   "values_in_use": "HCV (1,122,560); public housing (12,133); both (4,715); other (1,259)"
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "effective_date",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY)",
   "meaning": "The date the schedule takes effect (year-month-day, year-month or year, as the source gives it); empty where the schedule and its page give no date",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "proposed",
   "type": "text (yes or empty)",
   "meaning": "yes for a schedule the authority published for public comment before adopting it; empty otherwise",
   "values_in_use": "(empty) (1,129,203); yes (11,464)"
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "area",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Region, county or ZIP area, when the authority publishes several area schedules",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "variant",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "A named set inside a schedule (for example energy-efficient units), as printed",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "building_type",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "single_family_detached, semi_detached_duplex, row_townhouse, low_rise_apartment, high_rise_apartment, apartment_unspecified, manufactured_home, sro, all_types, other; several joined with + when one column covers them",
   "values_in_use": "single_family_detached (377,329); apartment_unspecified (313,549); row_townhouse (214,211); low_rise_apartment (170,915); manufactured_home (160,856); semi_detached_duplex (149,341); high_rise_apartment (99,161); (empty) (28,730); all_types (25,859); other (1,260); sro (1,093)"
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "building_type_as_printed",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "The building type label on the schedule",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "utility",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "heating, cooking, other_electric, air_conditioning, water_heating, water, sewer, water_sewer, trash, range_microwave, refrigerator, gas_customer_charge, electric_customer_charge, other_fixed_charge, other, combined (one amount that covers several utilities; the group is in utility_as_printed)",
   "values_in_use": "heating (269,505); water_heating (208,726); cooking (179,928); water (67,648); sewer (63,944); other_electric (62,809); trash (57,739); air_conditioning (56,089); refrigerator (55,757); range_microwave (54,540); gas_customer_charge (20,090); electric_customer_charge (15,937); other (14,473); combined (6,909); other_fixed_charge (3,706); water_sewer (2,867)"
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "utility_as_printed",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "The row label on the schedule",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "fuel",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "natural_gas, bottled_gas, electric, electric_heat_pump, fuel_oil, coal_other, or none for items that use no fuel; several joined with +; empty where the line names no fuel",
   "values_in_use": "none (361,540); electric (303,260); natural_gas (182,628); bottled_gas (147,820); fuel_oil (78,081); electric_heat_pump (52,998); (empty) (11,089); coal_other (9,144)"
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "part",
   "type": "integer or empty",
   "meaning": "Empty, except where a page prints several amounts on one line for the same size (for example two utility providers side by side): each amount is kept and numbered in reading order",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "bedrooms",
   "type": "text (SRO, 0 to 8)",
   "meaning": "SRO, 0 to 8",
   "values_in_use": "2 (182,090); 1 (181,420); 3 (180,979); 4 (179,551); 0 (175,683); 5 (172,263); 6 (32,351); 7 (21,672); 8 (11,988); SRO (2,670)"
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "amount_usd",
   "type": "number",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars, as printed, including the authority's rounding",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "source_file",
   "type": "path",
   "meaning": "The file in files/ the amount is printed in",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "page",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "The page of that file (1 is the first page)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values.csv",
   "column": "value_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Unique id of the row: authority, file, page, table, row and column of the amount",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "agency_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: HUD code of the housing authority (for example VA006)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "agency_name",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: as in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "state",
   "type": "text (2 letters)",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: as in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "schedule_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: one schedule = one authority + program + effective date + area",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "program",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: HCV (vouchers), public housing, both, or other, as the schedule states",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "effective_date",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY)",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: the date the schedule takes effect (year-month-day, year-month or year, as the source gives it); empty where the schedule and its page give no date",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "area",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: region, county or ZIP area, when the authority publishes several area schedules",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "variant",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: a named set inside a schedule (for example energy-efficient units), as printed",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "building_type",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: single_family_detached, semi_detached_duplex, row_townhouse, low_rise_apartment, high_rise_apartment, apartment_unspecified, manufactured_home, sro, all_types, other; several joined with + when one column covers them",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "building_type_as_printed",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: the building type label on the schedule",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "utility",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: heating, cooking, other_electric, air_conditioning, water_heating, water, sewer, water_sewer, trash, range_microwave, refrigerator, gas_customer_charge, electric_customer_charge, other_fixed_charge, other, combined (one amount that covers several utilities; the group is in utility_as_printed)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "utility_as_printed",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: the row label on the schedule",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "fuel",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: natural_gas, bottled_gas, electric, electric_heat_pump, fuel_oil, coal_other, or none for items that use no fuel; several joined with +; empty where the line names no fuel",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "part",
   "type": "integer or empty",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: empty, except where a page prints several amounts on one line for the same size (for example two utility providers side by side): each amount is kept and numbered in reading order",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "source_file",
   "type": "path",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: the file in files/ the amount is printed in",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "page",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: the page of that file (1 is the first page)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "SRO",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a single-room-occupancy unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "0",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 0-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "1",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 1-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "2",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 2-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "3",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 3-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "4",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 4-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "5",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 5-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "6",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 6-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "7",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 7-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "values_wide.csv",
   "column": "8",
   "type": "number or empty",
   "meaning": "Monthly allowance in dollars for a 8-bedroom unit, as printed; empty where the line prints none.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "agency_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: HUD code of the housing authority (for example VA006)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "agency_name",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: as in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "state",
   "type": "text (2 letters)",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: as in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "schedule_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: one schedule = one authority + program + effective date + area",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "program",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: HCV (vouchers), public housing, both, or other, as the schedule states",
   "values_in_use": "HCV (1,965); public housing (114); both (26); other (14)"
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "effective_date",
   "type": "date (YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY)",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: the date the schedule takes effect (year-month-day, year-month or year, as the source gives it); empty where the schedule and its page give no date",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "proposed",
   "type": "text (yes or empty)",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: yes for a schedule the authority published for public comment before adopting it; empty otherwise",
   "values_in_use": "(empty) (2,069); yes (50)"
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "area",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: region, county or ZIP area, when the authority publishes several area schedules",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "building_types_as_printed",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "The building type labels printed on the schedule, joined.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "n_files",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of source files that hold this schedule.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "n_values",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of amounts (rows of values.csv) in this schedule.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "source_urls",
   "type": "URLs",
   "meaning": "The authority's own addresses of the schedule's files and pages, separated by \" | \".",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "schedules.csv",
   "column": "archive_urls",
   "type": "URLs",
   "meaning": "Internet Archive copies of those files, where one was used, separated by \" | \".",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "agency_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: HUD code of the housing authority (for example VA006)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "schedule_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: one schedule = one authority + program + effective date + area",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "source_file",
   "type": "path",
   "meaning": "The file in the files/ folder, as published.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "format",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "text PDF, scanned PDF, HTML, image, spreadsheet, Word or other.",
   "values_in_use": "text PDF (2,495); scanned PDF (581); HTML (41); image (25); spreadsheet (16); Word (15); other (1)"
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "pages",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of pages in the file.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "source_url",
   "type": "URL",
   "meaning": "The authority's own address of the file.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "archive_url",
   "type": "URL or empty",
   "meaning": "The Internet Archive copy the file was taken from, where it came from an archive.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "retrieved_date",
   "type": "date",
   "meaning": "The date the file was retrieved.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "files.csv",
   "column": "sha256",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "SHA-256 of the file in files/, to check it is the same file.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "agency_id",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: HUD code of the housing authority (for example VA006)",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "agency_name",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: as in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "state",
   "type": "text (2 letters)",
   "meaning": "Same as in values.csv: as in HUD's data",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "city",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "The authority's city, from HUD's data.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "county",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "The authority's county, from HUD's data.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "metro_area",
   "type": "text",
   "meaning": "The metropolitan or micropolitan area, from HUD's data.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "vouchers",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Housing choice vouchers the authority administers, from HUD's Picture of Subsidized Households 2025.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "rank_by_vouchers",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Rank of the authority by vouchers among all 2,117 that administer them.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "website",
   "type": "URL",
   "meaning": "The authority's website.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "schedule_page_url",
   "type": "URL",
   "meaning": "The page where the authority posts its schedule.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "newest_effective_date",
   "type": "date",
   "meaning": "The effective date of the newest schedule in the release.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "years_covered_2019_2026",
   "type": "years",
   "meaning": "The years 2019 to 2026 in which the schedule in effect is in the release, separated by spaces.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "n_schedules",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of schedules in the release.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  },
  {
   "file": "agencies.csv",
   "column": "n_values",
   "type": "integer",
   "meaning": "Number of amounts in the release.",
   "values_in_use": ""
  }
 ]
}