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 ISSUES UPDATED GUIDANCE TO HELP HOUSING PROVIDERS REDUCE CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING
WASHINGTON, DC - September 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To help ensure families protect their children from lead poisoning, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced new Guidelines on how to identify and control lead-b...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR MISSISSIPPI STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - August 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Mississippi and provide support to homeowners and low-income re...
HUD APPROVES $32 MILLION MORTGAGE TO REPLACE ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN HOSPITAL IN LIBBY, MONTANA
WASHINGTON, DC - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a commitment to insure a mortgage loan to St. John’s Lutheran Hospital in Libby, Montana. The $32 million loan is made ...
UNITED STATES REACHES LENDING DISCRIMINATION SETTLEMENT WITH GFI MORTGAGE BANKERS INC.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas E. Perez, the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, and John ...
HUD NARROWS FIELD IN NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSFORMATION COMPETITION
WASHINGTON, DC - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that nine applicants are finalists to compete for approximately $110 million in 2012 Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grants ...
HUD ORDERS WEST VIRGINIA LANDLORD TO PAY $34,000 FOR DISCRIMINATING AGAINST MAN WITH AUTISM...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A West Virginia woman caring for her brother who has autism knew something was wrong when she tried to rent an apartment in Charleston from landlord Michael Corey in 2009. The landlord demanded th...
NEW HUD STUDY FINDS AFFORDABLE HOUSING REMAINS AFFORDABLE 15 YEARS AFTER LOW INCOME HOUSING...
WASHINGTON, Dc - August 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Since its inception, the nation’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program helped produce more than 2.2 million affordable apartments, accounting for roughly one-third of all multi-family re...
HUD CHARGES MINNESOTA MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS AND MANAGER WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST MEXICAN AMERICAN...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging the owners and manager of Rainbow Terrace Mobile Home Park in Albert Lea, Minnesota, with violating th...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR MONTANA FIRE VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - August 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Montana and provide support to homeowners and low-income renter...
HUD LAUNCHES “INNOVATION OF THE DAY”
WASHINGTO, DC - August 16, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development launched Innovation of the Day, a new online platform that will collect and share innovative practices in affordable housing, community de...
HUD AWARDS $35 MILLION TO PROMOTE JOBS, SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS
WASHINGTON, DC - August 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded nearly $35 million in grants to public housing authorities, resident associations and non-profit organizations across the U....
HUD AND HUNTSVILLE UTILITIES REACH AGREEMENT SETTLING AN ALLEGATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PROSPECTIVE HISPANIC...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Huntsville Utilities in Huntsville, Alabama, settling an allegation that the utility ...
HUD CHARGES OWNERS AND MANAGERS OF ALABAMA MOBILE HOME PARK WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST AFRICAN...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is charging the owners and managers of Heritage Point Mobile Home Park in Montgomery, Alabama, with violating the Fair Housing Act for refu...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES JULY HOUSING SCORECARD
WASHINGTON, DC - August 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the July edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard – a comprehensive...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES JULY HOUSING SCORECARD
WASHINGTON, DC - August 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today released the July edition of the Obama Administration's Housing Scorecard – a comprehensive...
HUD Secretary Donovan and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Unveil First Public Service Announcement...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller announced today the launch of the National Mortgage Servicing Settlement’s first public servic...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR VIRGINIA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - August 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Minnesota and provide support to homeowners and low-income rente...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - August 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the District of Columbia and provide support to homeowners and low-income ren...
HUD ISSUES FINAL RULE AIMED AT PRESERVING PUBLIC, OTHER HUD-ASSISTED HOUSING
WASHINGTON, DC - July 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the publication of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) final rules in today’s Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officially implemented the Obam...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR NEW JERSEY STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - July 23, 2012 - (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 rente...
HUD ANNOUNCES NEARLY $13 MILLION TO PRODUCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME NATIVE HAWAIIANS
WASHINGTON, DC - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced $12.7 million in funding to produce affordable housing for low-income native Hawaiian families. Since th...
HUD ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR ENTITIES TO PURCHASE TROUBLED MORTGAGES, OFFER CHANCE TO AVOID COSTLY...
WASHINGTON, DC - July 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Qualified entities interested in purchasing pools of severely distressed loans formerly insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) can now submit applications for the Distressed Asset Stabil...
HUD AND OWNER, MANAGER OF ALABAMA APARTMENT COMPLEX SETTLE ALLEGATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PROSPECTIVE...
WASHINGTON, DC - July 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has reached an agreement with Chilton Associates, Ltd., owner of Peachtree Apartments in Clanton, Alabama, and its m...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR MINNESOTA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - July 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Minnesota and provide support to homeowners and low-income renter...
HUD CHARGES MINNESOTA CONDO ASSOCIATION, MANAGEMENT COMPANY WITH DISCRIMINATING AGAINST FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
WASHINGTON, DC - July 9, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging a Minnetonka, MN, condominium association and its management company, Gassen Company, Inc., with violatin...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR FlORIDA STORM VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - July 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Florida and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters f...
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS LEAD WHITE HOUSE FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
WASHINGTON, DC - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Obama Administration today convened a meeting with more than 50 local government and business leaders to discuss the role of sustainability in economic development and job creation. The gathering...
HUD SECRETARY ANNOUNCES DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR COLORADO FIRE VICTIMS
WASHINGTON, DC - June 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced HUD will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of Colorado and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters...
HUD, HHS AND HEALTH GROUPS ANNOUNCE NEW SMOKE-FREE HOUSING TOOLS
WASHINGTON, DC - June 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and heath advocates today launched a new set of tools to encourage and guide private own...
TENANTS COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON STATE AMONG 15 GROUPS TO WIN TOTAL OF ` $5...
SEATTLE, WA - June 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Tenants Union of Washington State is among 15 nonprofit organizations nationwide to have been awarded a total of $5 million through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new Tenan...
