HUD Archives: 1996 News Releases

The earliest news releases we posted to the website were from 1996. Henry Cisneros was Secretary. (News releases are ordered by the date they were issued and have the news release number in parentheses following the link.)

• 1/25/96: Continuing the Transformation of HUD (96-9)
• 2/08/96: HUD Announces Sharpest Rise in Homeownership Rate in at least 30 Years (96-11)
• 3/19/96: Clinton Proposes FY 1997 Housing Budget (96-63)
• 5/02/96: National Partners in Homeownership Competition to Reduce Cost (96-84)
• 5/15/96: Native Americans Win Cultural Design Awards (96-86)
• 5/16/96: HUD to Recruit Real Estate Professionals as "Community Renaissance Fellows" (96-92)
• 6/13/96: Cisneros Outlines Strategy for Solving Global Crisis of Cities (96-111)
• 6/26/96: New Drive Launched to Close Gap in Women's Homeownership Rate (96-115)
• 7/05/96: Program Launched to Increase Homeownership by Latinos (96-120)
• 7/18/96: HUD Proposes Major Expansion of Reverse Mortgage Program to Help More Senior Citizen Homeowners (96-129)
• 7/23/96: Secondary Market Prices and Yields and Interest Rates for Home Loans (96-127)
• 7/22/96: U.S. Homeownership Rate Climbs at a Record Two-Year Pace and Grows to 15-Year High of 65.4 Percent (96-131)
• 7/26/96: Cisneros Presents First Clinton Administration National Urban Policy Report (96-157)
• 8/01/96: HUD Uses Internet to Help Raise Minority Homeownership Rate
• 8/07/96: HUD Unveils Plan for 25,000 Public Housing Families to Become Homeowners (96-135)
• 8/09/96: Florida/HUD Reverse Mortgage Initiative Helps Seniors Save Money (96-137)
• 8/12/96: HUD Awards $3 Million to Institutions of Higher Education (96-138)
• 8/13/96: HUD Announces Initiatives Designed to Boost African-American Homeownership Rate (96-139)
• 8/15/96: $1 Billion HUD Urban Homeownership Initiative to Create 15,000 Inner City Homeowners Each Year (96-141)
• 8/20/96: New HUD Report Praises Lender Efforts to Assist Working Families (96-148)
• 8/22/96: August 1996 Secondary Market Prices, Yields, and Interest Rates (96-145)
• 8/23/96: HUD Awards $8 Million in Grants for Innovative Community Programs Addressing Housing Needs of Low-income People with HIV/AIDS (96-151)
• 8/27/96: HUD Awards $2.5 Million in Community Development Grants to HBCUs (96-150)
• 9/24/96: HUD Launches a New National Fellows Program (96-165)
• 9/27/96: 25 Public Housing Sites to Become Campuses of Learning (96-168)
• 9/29/06: Homeless Living With AIDS/HIV Get Housing Relief From HUD/HHS (96-166)
• 9/30/96: 10-Year High in New Home Sales (96-174)
• 9/30/96: HUD Awards $1.5 Million in Community Development Grants to 3 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (96-171)
• 9/30/96: HUD Boosts Homeownership With Fast Loan Processing and $10 Million in Grants (96-158)
• 10/3/96: Cisneros Announces Bridal Registry Account for Newlyweds; New Initiative Allows Family/Friends to "Give the Gift of Homeownership" (96-176)
• 10/4/96: Cisneros Announces $259 Million for Drug Elimination, Anti-Crime Iinitiatives in Public Housing (96-178)
• 10/8/96: HUD Awards $716 Million to Continue Transformation of Public Housing (96-179)
• 10/14/96: New Economy Moves People from Welfare to Work (96-114)
• 10/22/96: U.S. Homeownership Rate Continues Climb Toward Record High 65.6 Percent Rate Reflects 4.5 Million New Homeowners Since '93 (96-189)
• 10/24/96: Seven Manufactured Housing Developments Selected for National Housing Innovation Awards (96-190)
• 10/29/96: HUD Awards $55 Million to Reduce Lead Hazards In Privately-Owned Low-Income Housing (96-193)
• 10/30/96: HUD Awards $6.5 Million for Historically Black Colleges/Universities (96-191)
• 12/19/96: Mrs. Clinton Joins HUD in Launching New Community Empowerment Banking Initiative to Revitalize Impoverished Areas (96-1219)
• 12/20/96: Statement by Secretary Henry G. Cisneros (96-224)

Content Archived: January 20, 2009