DENVER – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan to Valley Citizen’s Foundation for Health Care, Inc. which is doing business as Rio Grande Hospital in Del Norte, Colorado. It is estimated the refinanced debt will save the hospital more than $168,000 a year [...]
2
2012
2
2012
HUD AWARDS $56 MILLION IN GRANTS TO PROMOTE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded more than $56 million to 76 tribal communities throughout the nation to improve housing conditions, promote community development and to spur local economies with construction projects and jobs. The competitive grants awarded are part of HUD’s Indian Community Development Block Grant (ICDBG) Program [...]
27
2012
ON LOCATION; A Prefab, Short on the Fab
Artist Zoe Bissell and her partner Bryan Buryk assemble their Ulster County, NY, prefabricated modern steel house from a kit and furnish it with items found in thrift shops. Photos
21
2012
MAURICE JONES SWORN IN AS HUD’S DEPUTY SECRETARY
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has reached settlement agreements with Magna Bank in Nashville, TN, and Home Loan Center, Inc., in Irvine, CA, resolving allegations that the two lenders denied mortgage loans to women because they were pregnant and temporarily on maternity leave. HUD is announcing [...]
21
2012
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR HAWAII STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Hawaii and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes following severe storms, flooding and landslides last month.
20
2012
HUD INDEFINITELY DEBARS FOUR INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING REVERSE MORTGAGE SCAM THAT TARGETED SENIORS
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the indefinite debarment of three South Florida mortgage loan officers and a Pittsburgh title agent following their criminal convictions on charges they defrauded elderly borrowers, mortgage lenders and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Marcos Echevarria, Louis Gendason, John Incandela and Kimberly Mackey [...]
19
2012
In the Catskills, a Prefab Box of Galvanized Steel
Assembled from a kit, and furnished with items found in thrift shops, a modern house in the Catskills wasn’t as affordable as its owners hoped.
11
2012
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES MARCH HOUSING SCORECARD
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the March edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard – a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. Data in the March Housing Scorecard show some promising signs of stability, though the overall outlook remains mixed. [...]
11
2012
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES MARCH HOUSING SCORECARD
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the March edition of the Obama Administration’s Housing Scorecard – a comprehensive report on the nation’s housing market. Data in the March Housing Scorecard show some promising signs of stability, though the overall outlook remains mixed. [...]
11
2012
U.S. ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT AGAINST CHICAGO OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Wilmette Real Estate and Management Company, LLC; WR Property Management, LLC; 14 affiliated limited liability companies and Mr. Cameel Halim in Chicago and Evanston, Illinois.
