WASHINGTON – As part of its continuing effort to provide quality housing counseling to the nation’s homeowners, buyers and renters, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the availability of $2 million in grants for housing counseling training. HUD’s goal is to fund eligible organizations to deliver training across the full [...]
13
2012
13
2012
HUD MAKES $110 MILLION AVAILABLE TO REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is making available $110 million in grants to transform public and assisted housing and to revitalize communities. Appearing in today’s Federal Register is the Notice of Funding Availability, the federal application, for the FY 2012 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Program. Read HUD’s [...]
7
2012
HUD SUSPENDS PHILADELPHIA COMPANY AND PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it immediately suspended James H. Grier and Mantua Gardens East, Inc. (MGE) of Philadelphia from doing business with the U.S. Government. In addition to the immediate suspension announced today, HUD also proposed their debarments to prevent Grier and the company from participating [...]
31
2011
FHA EXTENDS WAIVER OF ANTI-FLIPPING REGULATIONS THROUGH 2012
WASHINGTON – In an effort to continue stabilizing home values and improve conditions in communities experiencing high foreclosure activity, Acting Federal Housing Administration Commissioner Carol J. Galante today extended a temporary waiver of FHA’s anti-flipping regulations through 2012.
28
2011
HUD AWARDS $1.5 BILLION TO MORE THAN 7,100 LOCAL HOMELESS PROGRAMS
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1.47 billion to renew funding to more than 7,100 local homeless programs operating across the country. The funding announced today will ensure these housing and service programs remain operating in 2012 and are a critical part of the Obama Administration’s strategic plan [...]
28
2011
HUD EXPANDS SERVICES TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PUBLIC IN 175 LANGUAGES
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it has launched the HUD Language Line, a telephone language service pilot that will offer live, one-on-one interpretation services in more than 175 languages. Accessible throughout the nation, the language line will help HUD staff to better communicate with Limited English [...]
21
2011
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES DECLINE IN HOMELESSNESS IN 2011
WASHINGTON – On a single night last January, 636,017 people were homeless in the United States, a 2.1 percent decline from the year before. That’s the key finding of a new count on homelessness announced today by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan. Donovan made the announcement at a meeting of the U.S. [...]
21
2011
HUD, VA TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING, SUPPORT TO HOMELESS VETS IN U.S.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide $2.4 million to public housing agencies to supply permanent housing and case management for homeless veterans in the U.S.
8
2011
HUD, GREATSCHOOLS TEAM UP TO GIVE PUBLIC HOUSING, VOUCHER FAMILIES TOOLS TO MAKE INFORMED SCHOOL CHOICES
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary Sandra B. Henriquez announced today that HUD is joining forces with GreatSchools, a national non-profit educational resource for parents. The intent of this new partnership is to give parents living in public housing or who receive HUD Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance greater [...]
8
2011
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of New Hampshire and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms and snowstorms in October.
