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 SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED PENNSYLVANIA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - February 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in addition to resources being provided by...
HUD AND VIRGINIA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY SETTLE ALLEGATIONS THE COMPANY DENIED OPPORTUNITIES TO NON-ENGLISH...
WASHINGTON, DC - January 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that Virginia Realty Company of Tidewater, Inc., a property management company based in Virginia Beach, VA, will pay $82,...
CYNDI LAUPER JOINS HUD TO SPOTLIGHT LOCAL EFFORTS TO END HOMELESSNESS THROUGH ONE-NIGHT HOMELESS...
WASHINGTON, DC - January 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper are joining the effort to "Make Everyone Count," a national campaign to support loc...
HUD LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING RENTAL ASSISTANCE DEMONSTRATION TO PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN PUBLIC, OTHER HUD-ASSISTED HOUSING
WASHINGTON, DC - January 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To stem the loss of critically needed public and other forms of subsidized housing as a result of the severe backlog of capital needs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to...
HUD AND CENSUS BUREAU EXPAND ACCESS TO DETAILED INFORMATION ON NATION’S HOUSING
WASHINGTON, DC - January 04, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Nearly 20 percent of recent movers identified “convenience to job” as the most important factor in their choice of neighborhood in 2011, according to the 2011 American Housing Survey (AHS), th...
HUD ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH BANK OF AMERICA TO SETTLE LGBT DISCRIMINATION CLAIM
WASHINGTON, DC - January 02, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced an agreement with Bank of America (BOA) to settle a claim that the mortgage lender refused to provide financing to a lesbian co...
HUD MID-ATLANTIC EMPLOYEES SUPPORT HURRICANE SANDY RECOVERY
PHILADELPHIA - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In the days following the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Sandy, HUD responded swiftly to support the federal government's response to the widespread devastation in New York and New Jersey.
HUD AWARDS $26 MILLION TO CONVERT APARTMENTS INTO ASSISTED LIVING OR SERVICE-ENRICHED SENIOR HOUSING
WASHINGTON, DC - December 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today awarded $26 million in grants to the owners of multi-family housing developments in nine states to convert some or all of their apartmen...
FOUR HOUSING AGENCIES SELECTED FOR ELITE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE FEDERAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
WASHINGTON? ?? - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that public housing agencies in Columbus, Ga.; Fairfax, Va.; Holyoke, Mass.; and Reno, Nev. have been selected to partic...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - December 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the District of Columbia in addition to resources being provided by FEMA a...
HUD AWARDS NEARLY $109 MILLION TO FOUR COMMUNITIES TO REVITALIZE HOUSING, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS
WASHINGTON, DC - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that four communities will receive a combined $108.9 million to redevelop distressed housing and bring comprehensi...
HUD REPORTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN NATION’S HOMELESSNESS IN 2012
PORTLAND - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On a single night in January, 2012, 633,782 people were homeless in the United States, largely unchanged from the year before. In releasing HUD's latest national estimate of homelessness, U.S. Housing ...
HUD REPORTS SLIGHT DECLINE IN HOMELESSNESS IN 2012
WASHINGTON, DC - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- On a single night last January, 633,782 people were homeless in the United States, largely unchanged from the year before. In releasing HUD’s latest national estimate of homelessness, U.S. Hou...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES NOVEMBER HOUSING SCORECARD
WASHINGTON, DC - December 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the November edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard – a compre...
HUD LAUNCHES IMPROVED ON-LINE TOOL TO FACILITATE CONSULTATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES ABOUT FEDERALLY FUNDED...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today unveiled a new and improved online data tool to help HUD, state and local planning agencies, and others more clearly identify feder...
HUD, HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY SETTLE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT INVOLVING DEAF RESIDENT
FORT WORTH - December 5, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the Houston Housing Authority. The agreement settles allegations that the housing autho...
HUD OKAYS $1.8 MILLION LOAN FUND TO PROMOTE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN OLYMPIA
OLYMPIA - December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that HUD has okayed a $1,765, 000 loan guarantee to the City of Olympia that will enable it to establish a Economic & Community De...
HUD GIVES HOUSING AGENCIES ADDED FLEXIBILITY TO HELP FAMILIES FIND RENTAL HOUSING FOLLOWING HURRICANE...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To expand housing options for families displaced by Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it is giving public housing agencies greater flexibil...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED NEW HAMPSHIRE STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of New Hampshire in addition to resources being provided by FEMA ...
HUD ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF NOTE SALES UNDER EXPANDED DISTRESSED ASSET STABILIZATION PROGRAM
WASHINGTON, DC - December 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of a broad based effort to address the housing market’s “shadow inventory” and to target relief to communities experiencing high foreclosure activity, the U.S. Department of Housing ...
HUD CHARGES MINNESOTA CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AND PROPERTY MANAGERS WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
CHICAGO, IL - November 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging the homeowner association and property managers for an Edina, MN, condominium building with housing dis...
OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS REPORT DEMONSTRATES HOW SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS ARE HELPING...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) today released its 2012 Accomplishments Report, Helping Communities Realize a M...
FHA ISSUES GUIDANCE TO HELP FHA-INSURED FAMILIES IN DISASTER AREAS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) recently published guidance to help families with FHA-insured mortgages struggling to repair or rebuild their homes in the wake of major disasters like Hu...
HUD CHARGES OWNER, ARCHITECT, BUILDER AND DESIGNERS OF MISSOURI CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST...
Kansas City, KS - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has charged the owner, architect, builder and designers of Valle Creek Condominiums in Pevely, Missouri with vi...
HUD ANNOUNCES DEAL TO REFINANCE MORTGAGE LOAN FOR NEW YORK CITY COOPERATIVE
WASHINGTON, DC - November 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced a $621 million deal to refinance a previous mortgage at Co-op City, a large cooperative housing community that is ...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED WEST VIRGINIA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of West Virginia in addition to resources being provided by FEMA...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED MARYLAND STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Maryland and provide support to homeowners and low-income ren...
COURT APPROVES FINAL SETTLEMENT THOMPSON v. HUD
WASHINGTON, DC - November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. District Court of Maryland today granted final approval of a settlement of the 17-year-old civil rights case known as Thompson v. HUD, filed by African American public housing residents ...
FHA ANNOUNCES REVISED LOSS MITIGATION HOME RETENTION OPTIONS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) announced changes on Friday to its loss mitigation program which are intended to allow more borrowers to take advantage of opportunities that enable them ...
BIPARTISAN NATIONAL MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT PROVIDES SUPPORT TO NEARLY 310,000 HOMEOWNERS
WASHINGTON, DC - November 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The nation’s largest mortgage servicers have distributed $26.1 billion in direct relief to nearly 310,000 homeowners, or roughly $84,385 per homeowner as part of the National Mortgage Settlemen...
