Five years ago, one of the most destructive natural disasters in our nation’s history hit the Gulf Coast. When they hit the coasts of Louisiana and Mississippi, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita took thousands of lives, displaced millions of residents, wiped out hundreds of square miles of coastal land, and inflicted major damage to nearly 300,000 [...]
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HUD AWARDS $312 MILLION IN DISASTER RECOVERY GRANTS TO HELP STATES REDUCE DAMAGES FROM FUTURE DISASTERS
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded nearly $312 million to 13 states to invest in efforts to reduce the human, physical, and economic toll of future disasters. The grants announced today are provided through HUD’s Disaster Recovery Enhancement Fund (DREF) and are intended to encourage states to undertake [...]
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HUD ANNOUNCES $189 MILLION AVAILABLE TO REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is making $189 million in grants available to transform public and assisted housing and to revitalize communities. Appearing in today’s Federal Register are the Notices of Funding Availability, the federal application, for two revitalization initiatives: The Choice Neighborhoods FY 2010 and [...]
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR TARGETED FORECLOSURE-PREVENTION PROGRAMS
WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration today announced additional support to help homeowners struggling with unemployment through two targeted foreclosure-prevention programs. Through the existing Housing Finance Agency (HFA) Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (the Hardest Hit Fund), the U.S. Department of the Treasury will make $2 billion of additional assistance available for HFA [...]
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HUD CHARGES PENNSYLVANIA PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGERS WITH HOUSING DISCRIMINATION
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging several Bristol, Pennsylvania property owners and their management company with housing discrimination for refusing to rent a one-bedroom apartment to a mother and her seven-year-old daughter. According to HUD’s charge, managers and owners Quality Realty Associates and Vincent [...]
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HUD OFFICIAL JOINS ANCHORAGE MAYOR TO OPEN NEW SENIOR HOUSING
ANCHORAGE, AK – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary Sandra B. Henriquez joined Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan today to celebrate the grand opening of Eklutna Estates, the newest senior housing development of the Cook Inlet Housing Authority (CIHA). The housing authority used $3.2 million of the $5.7 million it received from the 2009 American [...]
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HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR TEXAS STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to eight counties in Texas and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following Hurricane Alex last month.
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HUD TO OBSERVE NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORKS WEEK AUGUST 2-7
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today Neighborhood Networks Week 2010 will be held August 2-7 with the theme, “A Successful Past, A Promising Future.” The week-long observance is intended to raise public awareness about , an education and technology-based initiative designed to improve the lives of residents living [...]
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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $19.5 MILLION TO PRODUCE MORE ASSISTED LIVING SENIOR HOUSING IN FOUR STATES
WASHINGTON -Elderly Americans in Arizona, Maryland, New York and Ohio will soon find themselves living in upgraded apartments equipped to meet their physical needs because of $19.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD today announced the grants to help convert existing multifamily projects into assisted living facility for [...]
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE AD COUNCIL UNVEIL NATIONAL PSA CAMPAIGN TO RAISE AWARENESS OF MAKING HOME AFFORDABLE PROGRAM
NEW YORK, NY July 28, 2010 – The Advertising Council, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced today the launch of a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign designed to encourage homeowners who are struggling with their monthly mortgage payments to learn [...]
