HUD: $4.4 Million in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants Announced
Grants will fund community-driven revitalization plans in high-poverty neighborhoods with distressed HUD-assisted housing. Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced $4,409,000 in Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants to nine communities across America. These grants of up to $500,000 each will bring together community partners to create comprehensive neighborhood revitalization…
HUD: After Halting Rapid Rise in Homelessness, Plan Announced to Reduce Homelessness 25 Percent by 2025
“All In” Is the Most Comprehensive Federal Plan to Systemically Prevent Homelessness and Address Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Homelessness Today, the Biden-Harris administration released a federal plan for ending homelessness in America that starts with the ambitious goal of reducing homelessness 25% by 2025. All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness builds…
HUD: 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report Released
Biden-Harris Administration investments and actions prevented a spike in homelessness overall, and led to decreases in homelessness among Veterans, families, and youth Homelessness rose for individuals, people with disabilities who experience long-term homelessness, and people in unsheltered settings The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR)…
HUD: Almost $14 Million Awarded to Local HIV/AIDS Housing Programs
Funding offers stable housing for individuals and families at risk of homelessness The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of HIV/AIDS Housing announced it will award more than $13 million in Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Renewal and Replacement Grants, which assist with tenant based rental…
HUD: Deputy Secretary Celebrates Seattle Exceeding House America Goals
Federal, city, and county partnership to House America is addressing homelessness with a Housing First approach U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman and U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal joined Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, King County Regional Homelessness Authority CEO Marc Dones, and other officials and housing advocates to mark significant progress in…
HUD: $12.4 Million Loan Guarantee Announced for Baltimore, MD
Renovation and Expansion of a Historic Recreation Center Supported by Loan Guarantee The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a $12.4 million loan guarantee for the renovation and expansion of the Chick Webb Recreation Center in East Baltimore, Maryland. The loan guarantee, offered through the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program (Section 108),…
HUD: Important New Milestone Reached in American Rescue Plan’s Emergency Housing Voucher Program
“At HUD we are pleased that over 35,000 households have been averted from homelessness and have successfully leased their own rental housing thanks to our Emergency Housing Voucher Program. This marks a major step forward in our efforts to realize the ambitious goals we set when the program was established through the President’s American Rescue…
HUD: $5 Million Funding Opportunity Announced to Support Housing and Infrastructure Investments in Disadvantaged Communities
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the availability of $5 million through the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program. The Thriving Communities program will help strengthen local capacity to align transformational infrastructure projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with other crucial investments, such as affordable housing. “Affordable housing investments must…
HUD: Campus Compact & HUD Partner to Strengthen Higher Education Community Action
New HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network will build opportunities for campuses to partner with HUD Field Offices & initiatives The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Campus Compact today announced a new higher education-focused collaboration, the HUD + Higher Ed Engagement Network. The Network, which will be led by Campus Compact in partnership…
HUD: 10th Anniversary of the Office of Housing Counseling Marked
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling today marks its tenth anniversary since being created as a distinct office reporting to HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Housing. Throughout October, the Office will celebrate the many contributions of HUD’s housing counseling program in helping individuals and families obtain and maintain safe,…