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Is Housing Authorities Public or Tribal

Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a public or tribal housing authority. It is a classification attribute attached to vendor site details within an Other Transaction IDV record.

Family: Other Transaction 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__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Title
Is Housing Authorities Public or Tribal
FPDS Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Description
Boolean or coded flag indicating whether the vendor site is identified as a public or tribal housing authority. It is a classification attribute attached to vendor site details within an Other Transaction IDV record.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts segment awards involving public or tribal housing authorities, which may have different eligibility, oversight, or programmatic considerations than other vendors. It is useful for compliance checks, reporting on socially or institutionally specific recipient groups, and reviewing award distribution patterns.
Example Value
0
Observed Non-Null Count
13,417

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
FPDS XML Path
OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'OtherTransactionIDV/contractDetail/vendor/vendorSiteDetails/typeOfGovernmentEntity/isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__OtherTransactionIDV__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 housing authority vendor sites
  • Segment supplier populations for compliance or policy analysis
  • Count or trend records tagged as public or tribal housing authorities

Common Mistakes

  • Interpreting the flag as a vendor type for the entire entity rather than the specific site record
  • Assuming coded values are standardized across all FPDS extracts without verifying the local encoding

Query Guidance

Use this field in WHERE clauses to isolate housing authority records, but first verify whether the dataset stores it as a boolean, numeric code, or text flag. When aggregating, exclude nulls explicitly if you need a true/false denominator, and join to description fields or decode tables if available to avoid misclassification.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Flag distribution

SELECT
    content__OtherTransactionIDV__contractDetail__vendor__vendorSiteDetails__typeOfGovernmentEntity__isHousingAuthoritiesPublicOrTribal AS flag_value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__OtherTransactionIDV__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.