Housing Affairs Letter was the first newsletter produced by CD Publications upon its founding in 1961.
[1] It began publication four years before the creation of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and a significant percentage of its coverage since then has focused on HUD.
[8] HAL has been mentioned in or used as a reference for many books, including: Additionally, HAL has appeared in Congressional reports,[20][21] in documents of city planning and development committees,[22][23] and in multiple publications of such housing organizations as the Fannie Mae Foundation.
It was mentioned alongside such respected national publications as Fortune, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.
[26] In 2007, HAL was changed to a web-based format and, along with CD Publications' other housing news services, was moved onto the web portal HousingandDevelopment.com.