Earlier this week, I was fortunate to join Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin and Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, Secretary of Health and Human Services for Massachusetts to talk about HUD’s efforts to promote health and prevent disease. This includes our work to encourage smoke-free housing. The event, at Boston’s Northeastern University, [...]
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Last year, HUD released its final Moving to Opportunity for Fair Housing report. A fourteen year study, MTO examined how families who moved to a neighborhood with lower poverty and crime saw sustained improvements in the family environment, housing quality and health. Yesterday as we celebrated the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Atlantic [...]
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Public housing is at a crossroads. With a capital needs backlog of $26 billion and chronic funding shortfalls, we have already lost 150,000 units in the past 15 years. At the same time, with 7 million households paying more than half their income for housing, living in substandard housing, or both, the need for affordable housing is growing. That’s why the Rental Assistance [...]
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Yesterday, HUD announced that 13 communities across the country will receive $3.6 million in Choice Neighborhood Planning Grants. These grants will allow communities to transform public and assisted housing within a distressed community. Read more about these communities and how the Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, the Metropolitan Housing Alliance [...]
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As the mother of two children, I know that every parent wants the best educational opportunities for their kids. That’s the primary reason HUD began a search to give parents – particularly those who live in public housing or participate in HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program – the tools they need to help their children succeed [...]
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