<Li> Pam Patenaude, Deputy Secretary </Li> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> hud.gov </Td> </Tr> <P> The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of the United States federal government . Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it was founded as a Cabinet department in 1965, as part of the "Great Society" program of President Lyndon Johnson, to develop and execute policies on housing and metropolises . </P> <P> The department was established on September 9, 1965, when Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act into law . It stipulated that the department was to be created no later than November 8, sixty days following the date of enactment . The actual implementation was postponed until January 13, 1966, following the completion of a special study group report on the federal role in solving urban problems . </P>

When was the department of housing and urban development founded