Francis Harjo, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing, Office of Native American Programs Yesterday, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi dedicated a new community center thanks in large part to a $2 million dollar grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The long awaited community center embodies the Band’s mission to preserve Mother Earth [...]
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Today, Maurice Jones was sworn-in as HUD’s new Deputy Secretary. Chicago Tribune reports, HUD Secretary Donovan tours Pullman Wheelworks Apartments, a complex undergoing a transformation alongside the neighborhood. Philadelphia Magazine shines a light on a public-private housing initiative set to assist low-income LGBT seniors. Similarly, ground was broken for an affordable special-needs community Promise House [...]
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HUD Region 10 Public Affairs Soldiers in combat don’t have much time to worry about having a roof over their heads. But it’s back on the agenda once they return home. Turns out, though, that a lot of veterans have a hard time finding one. Every two years in the dead of winter thousands of [...]
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Sandra B. Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing. This entry was co-authored with HUD Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research Dr. Raphael Bostic. The connection between housing and health is one that average families feel every day. More than 6.8 million American households pay more than half their income for [...]
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Our guest blogger today is Maria Queen, Federal Interagency Youth Initiatives, Community and Supportive Services Grant Manager, Office of Public and Indian Housing Youth violence is a serious problem in the United States. The U.S. Center for Disease Control estimates that 5,048 youth between the ages of 10 and 24 were victims of homicide in 2009. Youth and [...]
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