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Is Housing Authorities Public or Tribal

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a housing authority that is public or tribal in the FPDS vendor site details. It marks a specific government-entity classification for the vendor location or organization.

Family: IDV
Category: Vendor Site Details
Data Type: boolean_or_code_flag
Semantic Type: flag
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Title
Is Housing Authorities Public or Tribal
FPDS Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a housing authority that is public or tribal in the FPDS vendor site details. It marks a specific government-entity classification for the vendor location or organization.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards associated with public or tribal housing authorities, which can matter for socioeconomic segmentation, statutory reporting, and agency oversight of award distribution across entity types. It is useful when assessing procurement activity tied to public-sector housing organizations or when validating vendor classification in FPDS records.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,557

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
FPDS XML Path
IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'IDV/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building
  • Contractor profiling and competitor analysis

Common Usage

  • Filter awards to housing authorities that are public or tribal
  • Segment vendor populations by government-entity type
  • Validate vendor classification in reporting and compliance checks

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as a text description instead of a boolean/coded indicator
  • Assuming any non-null value is affirmative without verifying the coding scheme

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses only after confirming its true/false encoding in your dataset. For example, filter on the affirmative value to isolate records where the vendor site is a public or tribal housing authority, and pair it with related type-of-government-entity fields when you need a complete classification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal AS is_housing_authorities_public_or_tribal
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY flag_value
ORDER BY record_count DESC

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.