HUD is the usual short name in the United States for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. That is a national government office.

HUD HUDis the usual short name in the United States for the Department of Housing and Urban Development在美國是「住宅暨都市發展部」常用的簡稱。That is a national government office那是一個國家級的政府機關。

Its work is about homes and cities: helping people find somewhere to live, watching how towns grow, and running some housing programmes.

Its work is about homes and cities它的工作跟住宅和城市有關：helping people find somewhere to live幫助人找地方住、watching how towns grow觀察城鎮怎麼發展、and running some housing programmes還有執行一些住宅方案。

Americans say the three letters H-U-D, not a little word that sounds like “hud.” It is US politics and news talk; people in Taiwan do not need it for daily English, but they will see it in American stories about rent, public housing, or city plans.

Americans say the three letters H-U-D美國人會唸H-U-D三個字母，not a little word that sounds like "hud."不會唸成像「hud」這樣的一個小單字。It is US politics and news talk這是美國政治和新聞常用的說法；people in Taiwan do not need it for daily English台灣人日常英文用不太到，but they will see it in American stories about rent, public housing, or city plans但在講房租、公共住宅或城市計畫的美國新聞裡會看到。

This HUD is only that department. Other English words spelled the same way have other jobs — a heads-up display on a car or game screen is a different shortening of different words, and the personal name Hud has a different story again.

This HUD is only that department這裡講的HUD只指那個部門。Other English words spelled the same way have other jobs拼法一樣的其他英文字有別的用途——a heads-up display on a car or game screen車子或遊戲畫面上的抬頭顯示器is a different shortening of different words是另一組字的縮寫，and the personal name Hud has a different story again人名Hud又是另一回事。