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Is Housing Authorities Public or Tribal

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a housing authority, specifically public or tribal, within the Other Transaction Award contract detail. In FPDS, this is a status attribute on the vendor site’s government-entity type classification rather than a standalone organizational description.

Family: Other Transaction Award
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__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Title
Is Housing Authorities Public or Tribal
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is classified as a housing authority, specifically public or tribal, within the Other Transaction Award contract detail. In FPDS, this is a status attribute on the vendor site’s government-entity type classification rather than a standalone organizational description.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts identify awards involving housing authorities, which can matter for socioeconomic segmentation, public-sector vendor profiling, and compliance or policy reviews tied to entity type. It is useful when assessing whether obligations are flowing to public or tribal housing authorities versus other vendor categories.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
38,894

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionAward/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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 involving public or tribal housing authorities
  • Segment vendor site records by government-entity subtype
  • Support compliance or demographic reporting on vendor classifications

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as the full vendor type instead of one subtype condition
  • Assuming a zero or null value always means the vendor is not a housing authority

Query Guidance

Use this field as a boolean or coded filter in WHERE clauses, for example `= 1`, `= 'Y'`, or the observed true code in your extract. When joining or aggregating, pair it with the broader government-entity type fields to validate classification and avoid counting coded values without decoding them.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionAward__contractDetail__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.