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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Secretary Donovan on Ending Housing Discrimination Against LGBT Americans. HAMP extended for another year. Affordable housing project in the works for residents in Fort Collins, Colorado. Volunteers in Houston, Texas; Bell County, Texas; Hudson County, NJ; Jacksonville and Cumberland County, NC hit the streets for [...]
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Home of the day: Energy efficient home in Taos, NM. The Federal Reserve urges action on housing. Harvard professor praises HUD/VA efforts to end Veterans homelessness. Dian Olick on what the Richard Corday appointment could mean for housing. Austin, Texas just got more sustainable. New affordable housing apartments open in Washington, D.C. And some [...]
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Home of the day: Renton, WA housing for homeless veterans and their families. Encouraging drop in homelessness of our nation’s veterans. Homelessness rates decline significantly in Rhode Island. Freddie Mac predicts growth next year for the U.S. economy. A Q&A session with the head of Fannie Mae’s Affordable Housing section. Are Americans cutting “McMansions” [...]
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Yesterday, in a joint press call with Department of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, HUD Secretary Donovan announced this year’s “Point -in-Time” count, which captures the scope of homelessness on any given night in America. The Secretary was glad to share the news that homelessness has gone down [...]
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