HUD
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is the nation’s housing agency committed to increasing homeownership, particularly among minorities; creating affordable housing opportunities for low-income Americans; and supporting the homeless, elderly, people with disabilities and people living with AIDS. The Department also promotes economic and community development, and enforces the nation’s fair housing laws.
Contact:
Brian Sullivan
(202) 708-0685
HUD SELECTS GERMAN MARSHALL FUND TO MANAGE STRONG CITIES, STRONG COMMUNITIES FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Washington, D.C. - December 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced its selection of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) partnership as the recipient of the $2.5 million award to manage the S...
REALTORS® Offer Solutions for Workforce Housing Crisis
Washington, DC - December 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Public and private sector workers in the northwestern U.S. have limited access for affordable housing. In response, the National Association of Realtors®, in partnership with the National Housing...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR NEW JERSEY STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - December 2, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of New Jersey and provide support to homeowners and low-income re...
HUD OFFERS $114 MILLION IN GRANTS TO CLEAN UP LEAD AND OTHER HOUSING-RELATED HEALTH...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that it is making approximately $114 million in grants available to help eliminate dangerous lead-based paint hazards from lowe...
HUD OFFERS MORE THAN $40 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR HOUSING COUNSELING
WASHINGTON, DC - December 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that more than $40 million is available for a broad range of housing counseling programs to help families find and preserve hou...
HUD APPROVES $37.1 MILLION MORTGAGE TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL IN MOUNT...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan for Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The $37.1 million loan is mad...
HUD LAUNCHES WEB TOOL TO CONNECT BEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS TO PRIVATE, PHILANTHROPIC DOLLARS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 29, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to dramatically boost public/private partnerships and philanthropic support for strong community development plans across the country, the Department of Housing & Urban Developm...
HUD SECRETARY TOURS OLNEYVILLE AND DISCUSSES NEW HOUSING REFINANCE PLAN AND NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION EFFORTS...
Providence, RI - November 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan toured four Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) properties on Hyat and Joslin Streets in the Olneyville ...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR NEW MEXICO STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 28, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of New Mexico and provide support to homeowners and low-income r...
HUD ANNOUNCES 2011 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AWARDS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced the recipients of the 2011 Sustainable Communities Grants, totaling nearly $96 million. Twenty-seven commu...
HUD ASSISTANT SECRETARY HENRIQUEZ , GOVERNOR DE JONGH CUT RIBBON TO OPEN NEW AFFORDABLE...
ST.CROIX (U.S. Virgin Islands) - November 18, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S.Department of Housing &Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary Sandra B. Henriquez and U.S.Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh Jr.today opened the new Louis E. Brow...
HUD CLARIFIES DISASTER RULES ON ‘DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS’
WASHINGTON? DC - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today issued guidance to help state and local governments streamline their HUD-funded disaster recovery programs and ease the burden of comply...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES $749 MILLION TO FUND HOUSING FOR VERY LOW-INCOME SENIORS AND PERSONS...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 17, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Thousands more very low-income senior citizens and persons with disabilities will have access to affordable supportive housing thanks to $749 million in housing assistance announced today by the ...
FHA ISSUES ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT TO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 15, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its annual report to Congress on the financial status of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance (M...
HUD MARKS AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE MONTH
WASHINGTON, DC - November 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- November is American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is marking the occasion by focusing particular attention on the nearly 1.7 mi...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR VERMONT STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Vermont and provide support to homeowners and low-income rent...
HUD EXPANDS JOB AND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT HIRE...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it is launching a Section 3 Business Registry pilot program in Washington, DC, New Orleans, Detroit, Los Angeles, a...
HUD REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH CONNECTICUT LENDER ACCUSED OF ‘MATERNITY DISCRIMINATION’
WASHINGTON, DC - November 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it has reached an agreement with Luxury Mortgage Corporation (LMC), a mortgage lender based in Stamford, Connecticut, sett...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES OCTOBER HOUSING SCORECARD
WASHINGTON, DC - November 3, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the October edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard – a comprehe...
HUD SUSPENDS ALLIED HOME MORTGAGE CORP. AND CEO
WASHINGTON, DC - November 1, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Mortgagee Review Board (MRB) today immediately suspended Allied Home Mortgage Corporation, thereby preventing the company from originating ...
NEW HUD STUDY FINDS MOVING TO LOW-POVERTY NEIGHBORHOODS LOWERS RISK OF OBESITY AND DIABETES...
WASHINGTON, DC - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- Very-low income women who have the opportunity to move from high-poverty neighborhoods into lower poverty areas are significantly less likely to be extremely obese or to have diabetes. Those are ...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR NEW JERSEY STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of New Jersey and provide support to homeowners and low-income re...
HUD ANNOUNCES $27 MILLION IN “SWEAT EQUITY” GRANTS
WASHINGTON, DC - October 20, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $26.6 million in “sweat equity” grants to produce at least 1,477 affordable homes for low-income individuals and families. F...
HUD CHARGES PHILADELPHIA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
WASHINGTON, DC - October 19, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is charging a Philadelphia condominium association with violating the Fair Housing Act for refusing to revise its “no...
HUD SUSPENDS FORMER PRESIDENT OF LEND AMERICA
WASHINGTON, DC - October 13, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it is immediately suspending Michael Primeau, former President of Lend America, from doing any business with HUD followi...
HUD CHARGES UTAH HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION, CONDO OWNERS WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST VETERAN WITH A DISABILITY
WASHINGTON, DC - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced it is charging a Park City, Utah homeowner association, property management company, and a group of condominium owners wi...
HUD CHARGES UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST STUDENT WITH DISABILITIES
WASHINGTON, DC - October 11, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that it is charging the University of Nebraska at Kearney and five of its employees with violating the Fair Housing Act when th...
HUD SECRETARY, U.S. SENATOR BROWN, MAYOR COLEMAN TO HIGHLIGHT HOW AMERICAN JOBS ACT WILL...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman toured the Commons at Third project, adjacent to...
HUD CHARGES NEW YORK REAL ESTATE COMPANY AND SALESPERSON WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST FAMILIES WITH...
WASHINGTON, DC - October 10, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging Metro Net Realty, LLC, a Queens, NY, real estate agency, and a salesperson for the agency with violat...
HUD APPROVES $210 MILLION MORTGAGE TO FINANCE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION AT ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL IN...
WASHINGTON, DC - October 4, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan to St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. The $210 million loan is made possibl...
