Daily Housing Round-up
Welcome back HUDlers!! Let’s celebrate Monday with the day’s top housing stories… Charlotte, NC amongst many cities to be awarded HUD sustainable communities grants. Pismo Beach, CA celebrates first...
View ArticleWorking to End Veterans’ Homelessness
As the war in Iraq draws to a close, Secretary Donovan and Department of Veterans’ Affairs Secretary, Eric Shinseki joined together to announce some real progress in veterans’ homelessness. Every...
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Daily Housing News Round-Up
Home of the day: CityMarket development in Washington, D.C. A planned mixed-use housing and retail development and one of the projects that the Obama administration identified for...
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Secretary Donovan and other Obama cabinet members addressed youth violence at a forum in D.C. Two housing non-profits in Hawaii received HUD grants to address HIV/AIDS. More vouchers for veteran’s...
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HUD Homeless Resource Exchange - visit, hudhre.info/VeteransAssistance The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans honors President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for their leadership to end...
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Veteran Salute Photo Courtesy of SecondAct.com The New Orleans Times-Picayune ran, “new road home initiatives announced by HUD Secretary.” Tomorrow, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan will testify before the...
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Protecting our Veterans from Foreclosure
As our veterans’ return home from deployments, it is essential that we ensure the transition is as smooth as possible. This means ensuring there are jobs and housing available to them and this...
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Community Development from the Ground Up
Community development is a key component in meeting HUD’s goal of improving quality of life for all Americans. In Denver, there has been a concerted effort to become more deliberate in meeting the...
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HUD, VA and Partners Help Delaware Vet Move From Homelessness to Homebuyer
Our guest blogger today is Maria Bynum, Deleware Field Office Director, HUD As we celebrate the Nation’s veterans, Delaware veteran Ellis Thompson shares his journey from being homeless to purchasing...
View ArticleHUD Honors Veteran’s Service by Serving Them
On this day — Veteran’s Day — let us raise our flags, not only because we love the United States of America, but to honor those who have risked their lives, lost their lives, to provide us access to...
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The Why of the What We Do
HUD’s programs serve lots of people in lots of ways. So many ways, in fact, that it’s sometimes hard to put a face on them, to really see how those programs are improving the lives of those we serve....
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Daily Housing News Round-Up
Photo courtesy of Real Estate Weekly The Wall Street Journal reports Mortgage Rates at Record Lows. There are new reverse mortgage guides available, according to The New York Times. Real Estate Weekly...
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The HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition
The inaugural year of the competition comes to an exciting close Tuesday, May 6 marked a successful end for the 2014 HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition...
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A summer of opportunities and learning
This summer, I had the opportunity to work at HUD’s Region 1 office in Boston as a Field Policy and Management Intern. Throughout the internship, one of the key things I learned is how interconnected...
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Daily Housing News Round-Up
Photo courtesy of Bloomberg “HARP 2.0 Used By More Homeowners in First Five Months of 2012 than in All of 2011,” The Huffington Post. The Hill writes Homebuilder Confidence is on the Rise. 3 Mich....
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