HUD Archives: 2008 News Releases

01/09/2008: HUD Secretary Announces Disaster Assistance for Nevada Storm and Flood Victims
01/10/2008: HUD Reports Progress in "Operation Fedrent"
01/14/2008: HUD Settles Discrimination Complaint against Las Vegas Landlord
01/22/2008: HUD Settles Discrimination Complaint against Ontario, California Townhouse Complex
01/25/2008: Thousands of Texans to Benefit from Affordable, Government Approved Mortgage Plan
01/25/2008: HUD Releases "Home Economics" Brochure to Improve Financial Literacy and Prepare Families for Homeownership
01/28/2008: HUD, EPA and U.S. Attorney in Minnesota Announce Legal Settlement with Minneapolis and St. Paul Landlords
01/29/2008: Jackson Delivers $49 Million to Support Homeless Programs in Chicago
01/29/2008: HUD Launches Initiatives to Improve MDHA Section 8 Program
01/30/2008: HUD Takes Action against Fleetwood Homes of California
01/30/2008: Jackson and Daley Stress Foreclosure Prevention in Chicago
01/31/2008: New Executive Director Selected to Run Detroit Housing Commission
02/01/2008: Thousands of Floridian Homeowners Could Benefit from New Government Program
02/04/2008: Bush Administration Seeks $38.5 Billion HUD Budget in 2009
02/07/2008: Bush Administration Requests Permanent Housing Assistance for Some Displaced Gulf Coast Hurricane Families
02/08/2008: FHA Reaching Out to 850,000 at -Risk Homeowners
02/08/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Tennessee Tornado Victims
02/08/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Arkansas Tornado Victims
02/11/2008: Jackson Names Three Local Housing Developments Recipients of 2007 Best in American Living Award
02/13/2008: HUD Unveils New Concept Home Vision
02/21/2008: HUD Secretary Announces More Ohioans Turning to Affordable, Government-Backed Mortgages
02/21/2008: HUD Charges Puerto Rico Condo Association with Violating the Fair Housing Act
02/26/2008: HUD Secretary: FHA-secure Helps 100,000 Americans Stay in Their Homes
02/26/2008: HUD Secretary Applauds Neighborworks America for Awarding $130 Million for Foreclosure Prevention Counseling
03/04/2008: HUD Secretary: Tens of Thousands of Californians Could Benefit from Higher Government-Insured Mortgage Limits
03/04/2008: HUD Awards $50 Million to Aid Seniors and Families Who Live in Public Housing
03/05/2008: HUD and Justice Department Release New Guidance on "Reasonable Modifications" under the Fair Housing Act
03/06/2008: President's Economic Growth Package to Make Nearly a Quarter of a Million Families Eligible for FHA-Insured Mortgages
03/06/2008: Survey Finds That Most New Orleans Public Housing Residents Want to Return to City, But Not to Public Housing
03/10/2008: HUD Charges Chicago Landlord with Violating Fair Housing Act
03/14/2008: HUD Proposes Mortgage Reform to Help Consumers Better Understand Their Loan, Shop for Lower Costs
03/17/2008: HUD Announces $27 Million for Affordable Housing and Community Development in New Orleans
03/18/2008: Housing Authority of New Orleans Celebrates 100th Homeowner
03/20/2008: Long-Awaited Demolition Begins at Jeffries East Public Housing
03/20/2008: HUD Awards $20 Million to Revitalize Sheridan Terrace Public Housing Development in Washington, DC
03/20/2008: HUD Awards $20 Million to Revitalize Aged Washington Beech Public Housing Development in Boston
03/20/2008: HUD Awards $20 Million to Revitalize Public Housing Developments in Fayetteville, North Carolina
03/20/2008: HUD Awards $8.9 Million to Revitalize AL Krohn Homes Public Housing Development in Phoenix
03/20/2008: HUD Awards $20 Million to Revitalize Aged C.J. Peete Public Housing Development in New Orleans
03/21/2008: HUD Charges Chicago Landlord with Violating Fair Housing Act
03/25/2008: HUD Charges Texas Subdivision Owners, Zoning Committee with Violating Fair Housing Act
03/27/2008: Baltimore and New Jersey Landlords Settle Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Cases
03/28/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Missouri Flood Victims
03/31/2008: Jackson to Step Down as HUD Secretary
04/01/2008: HUD Marks 40th Anniversary of the Fair Housing Act
04/04/2008: Florida Housing Authority Returned to Local Control After Four Years under Federal Receivership
04/08/2008: HUD Wins Prestigious Excellence in Government Award
04/09/2008: Bush Administration to Expand Mortgage Help for Struggling Families
04/16/2008: HUD and VA to Provide Permanent Housing for an Estimated 10,000 Homeless Veterans
04/15/2008: HUD Celebrates First-Ever Fair Housing Education in America Day
04/22/2008: HUD Charges Louisiana Couple with Housing Discrimination
04/29/2008: Bernardi Highlights Bush Administration's Solutions to Save Homeowners from Foreclosure
04/30/2008: Florida Homeless Program Receives HUD Award for Excellence
05/01/2008: HUD Deputy Secretary Serves Lunch at Area Shelter in Recognition of National Volunteer Week
05/02/2008: FHA Commissioner Wins Prestigious Affordable Housing Award from Homebuilders Association
05/05/2008: HUD to Offer Free Conference to Highlight Innovative Financing Programs Available to Housing Agencies
05/06/2008: HUD Makes $1 Billion in Grants Available Through 35 Programs
05/07/2008: HUD Extends Comment Period on Proposed Mortgage Reforms
05/07/2008: Sarasota Housing Authority Marks Public Housing Revitalization with Janie Poe Ground Breaking
05/07/2008: HUD Appoints New HANO Board Chair as Major Public Housing Redevelopment Advances
05/08/2008: Bush Administration to Implement FHASecure Expansion Using Fair, Flexible Premium Pricing
05/09/2008: HUD Charges New York Co-Op with Denying Handicap-Accessible Parking Space
05/13/2008: New Executive Director Selected to Head the Virgin Islands Housing Authority
05/15/2008: HUD Announces $40,000 Settlement for Oregon Family with Autistic Child in Discrimination Case
05/15/2008: Bush Administration's FHA-secure Refinances 200,000th Mortgage for American Families
05/16/2008: HUD Charges Pennsylvania Owners with Violating Fair Housing Act
05/19/2008: HUD Launches Ad Campaign to Fight Lending Discrimination
05/21/2008: New HANO Board Chair Introduced at Board Meeting
05/27/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Missouri Storm Victims
05/27/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Colorado Storm Victims
05/27/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Georgia Storm Victims
05/27/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Iowa Storm Victims
05/28/2008: HUD Announces New Leadership at Miami-Dade Housing Agency
05/29/2008: New Study Finds Consumer Confusion Leads to Higher Closing Costs
05/29/2008: Four Affordable Housing Developments Earn HUD Secretary's Housing and Community Design Award
06/02/2008: Bush Administration Continues to Help Families Stay in Their Homes During National Homeownership Month
06/05/2008: HUD Approves Demolition of Dunbar Village One Year After Vicious Attack
06/09/2008: Bush Administration Renews Effort to Address Risky Loans on Government-Backed Mortgages
06/13/2008: FHA Extends Financing for Immediate Purchase of Foreclosed Homes
06/16/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Three Midwest States
06/17/2008: Statement by HUD Secretary Steve Preston on the Hope Now Alliance's New Mortgage Assistance Guidelines
06/18/2008: HUD Secretary Names David Horne as Chief of Staff
06/19/2008: FHA Reaching Out to 675,000 at Risk Homeowners in Second Phase of Direct Mail Campaign
06/25/2008: HUD Accepts $350 Million Mississippi Plan to Produce Thousands of Affordable Housing Units for Working Families
06/25/2008: FHA and Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Sign Agreement to Help More Minnesotans Access Safer Government-Insured Mortgages
06/26/2008: HUD Charges Alabama Mobile Home Park Owners with Discriminating against Families with Children
06/26/2008: HUD Secretary Highlights Faith-Based Contributions to Fighting Homelessness
06/30/2008: New HUD Secretary Tours New Orleans, Meets with Mayor
06/30/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Missouri Storm Victims
07/07/2008: HUD to Host Neighborhood Networks Workshop in San Francisco
07/07/2008: HUD Secretary Names Burt Wilkerson Atlanta Regional Director
07/07/2008: Greenwood Sworn-In as HUD Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
07/07/2008: Peppler Sworn-In as HUD Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
07/08/2008: HUD Awards More Than $17 Million to Help Develop Housing for Very Low-Income Elderly
07/08/2008: Remarks by HUD Secretary Steve Preston During Media Teleconference Call to Discuss FHA-secure Expansion and Pending Congressional Legislation
07/09/2008: HUD Announces Innovative Foreclosure Prevention Joint Venture for Detroit Area
07/09/2008: Sarasota Housing Authority Returned to Local Control After Three Years under Federal Receivership
07/10/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for South Dakota Storm Victims
07/10/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Kansas Storm Victims
07/10/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Oklahoma Storm Victims
07/11/2008: HUD Charges Puerto Rico Homeowner Association with Discriminating against Disabled Homeowner
07/14/2008: Bush Administration Implements Expansion of FHA-secure Mortgage Assistance for Struggling Homeowners
07/15/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Michigan Storm Victims
07/18/2008: HUD Fair Lending Public Service Announcement to Showcase in Movie Theatres Across the Nation
07/21/2008: HUD Charges Nevada Homeowners' Association with Discriminating against a Homeowner with a Disability
07/22/2008: HUD Secretary Names Anoop Prakash as Deputy Chief of Staff
07/23/2008: Statement by HUD Secretary Steve Preston on Pending Housing Legislation
07/25/2008: HUD and Cuyahoga County Announce Plan to Create More Accessible Housing
07/28/2008: HUD Charges Wisconsin Landlords with Discriminating against Families with Children
07/29/2008: HUD Reports Drop in the Number of Chronically Homeless Persons
08/01/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for South Texas Hurricane Victims
08/04/2008: Preston Announces $100 Million in Disaster Assistance to Three Midwest States Impacted by Recent Storms and Flooding
08/05/2008: HUD Announces $152 Million to Support Affordable Housing and Community Development Throughout Puerto Rico
08/06/2008: HUD Secretary: FHA Has Helped 300,000 Families Find Relief with Government-Backed Mortgages
08/07/2008: HUD Approves Historic Financial Deal to Modernize and Build More Than 4,100 New Public Housing Units on Puerto Rico
08/08/2008: HUD Settles Lawsuit with California Hazard Reporting Company and Real Estate Brokerage
08/12/2008: HUD Charges New York Landlords with Discriminating against a Disabled Resident
08/14/2008: HUD Awards $1.4 Million Grant to L.A. to 'Connect' Persons Living with HIV/AIDS with Permanent Housing
08/15/2008: Secretary Preston and Governor Schwarzenegger Announce $105 Million for Affordable Housing and Community Development in California
08/18/2008: HUD Awards $19.3 Million in HIV/AIDS Housing Grants to 18 Local Programs Nationwide
08/25/2008: HUD Secretary and Mayor McCrory Announce $10 Million Loan Guarantee to Charlotte
08/29/2008: HUD Cuts Red Tape to Speed Relief to Hard-Hit Flood Areas in Iowa
09/02/2008: HUD Readies Disaster Assistance for Gulf Hurricane Victims
09/03/2008: Preston Announces Disaster Assistance for Louisiana
09/04/2008: HUD Awards $16.9 Million for Affordable Housing and Economic Development in Rural America
09/07/2008: Statement by HUD Secretary Steve Preston on Government Sponsored Enterprises
09/09/2008: Bush Administration Awards $9 Million to Historically Black Colleges and Universities
09/09/2008: Bush Administration Awards $5 Million to Tribal Colleges and Universities
09/09/2008: Bush Administration Awards $6 Million to Hispanic-Serving Institutions
09/09/2008: Bush Administration Awards $3 Million to Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native Colleges and Universities
09/15/2008: HUD Announces Disaster Assistance in the Wake of Hurricane Ike
09/16/2008: HUD Awards $10.6 Million in Grants to Create, Improve Computer Centers for Public Housing Residents
09/22/2008: HUD Awards $20 Million to Revitalize Public Housing in Texarkana
09/23/2008: HUD Charges Atlanta-Area Real Estate Agent and Company with Racial Steering in the Sale of Homes
09/23/2008: HUD Awards $50.5 Million to Revitalize Public Housing in Washington
09/23/2008: Preston Accepts $85 Million Iowa Disaster Recovery Plan
09/24/2008: HUD, FEMA Announce 18-Month Housing Assistance Program for Families Displaced by Hurricane Ike
09/25/2008: HUD Awards $6.8 Million to Revitalize Public Housing in Milwaukee
09/26/2008: HUD Awards $20 Million to Continue Revitalization at Chicago's Stateway Gardens Public Housing Development
09/26/2008: Preston Allocates Nearly $4 Billion to Stabilize Neighborhoods in States and Local Communities Hard-Hit by Foreclosure
09/30/2008: HUD Encourages Texas and Louisiana Landlords to List Vacancies in the National Housing Locator System to Help Displaced Families
10/01/2008: Bush Administration Launches "Hope for Homeowners" Program to Help More Struggling Families Keep Their Homes
10/01/2008: HUD to Host National Housing Summit in Washington
10/03/2008: Bush Administration Announces $50 Million in Housing Counseling Grants to Nearly 400 National, State and Local Agencies
10/07/2008: HUD Charges Alabama Landlords with Discrimination
10/07/2008: HUD Hosts National Housing Summit in Washington
10/09/2008: HUD Charges New York Co-Op with Discriminating against Family of a Disabled Child
10/09/2008: HUD Introduces New Financing Program to Expand Affordable Housing in Indian and Alaska Native Regions
10/09/2008: HUD to Host Three Regional Housing Summits
10/15/2008: HUD Announces $131 Million in Grants to Protect Thousands of Children from Dangerous Lead and Other Home Hazards
10/15/2008: HUD, FEMA Include Hurricane Gustav Families to Housing Assistance Program to Begin November 1st
10/16/2008: HUD, Philadelphia Housing Authority Sign Agreement to Certify 760 Units for People with Disabilities
10/17/2008: HUD Awards More Than $21 Million in Grants to Fight Housing Discrimination
10/17/2008: HUD Hosts National Symposium on Regulatory Reform - Recognizes Local Communities for Cutting Red Tape
10/20/2008: HUD and Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Agree to Increase Accessible Housing
10/21/2008: Preston Accepts $10 Million Indiana Disaster Recovery Plan
10/23/2008: HUD Wins Prestigious Presidential Leadership Award
10/24/2008: FHA Helps 400,000 Families Find Mortgage Relief
10/27/2008: Preston Announces Remaining $200 Million in Disaster Assistance to 15 States Impacted by Storms and Flooding
10/29/2008: FEMA Begins Referring Families to HUD for Temporary Disaster Housing Program
10/30/2008: HUD Modernizes Online Guide for Avoiding Foreclosure
11/03/2008: Michael Flynn Named HUD's Acting General Counsel
11/06/2008: Statement by HUD Secretary Steve Preston on Transition Efforts
11/10/2008: HUD Announces New, Permanent FHA Mortgage Loan Limits
11/12/2008: HUD Issues New Mortgage Rules to Help Consumers Shop for Lower Cost Home Loans
11/13/2008: Housing Counseling Industry Responding to Mortgage Crisis
11/19/2008: Bush Administration Announces Flexibility for "Hope for Homeowners" Program
11/24/2008: HUD Issues Guidance on the Fair Housing Act and Sexual Harassment
11/26/2008: Preston Announces $2.1 Billion in Disaster Assistance to 13 States and Puerto Rico Impacted by 2008 Storms
12/02/2008: HUD Launches Comprehensive Website to Increase Financial Literacy, Promote Healthy Homeownership
12/08/2008: HUD Awards $10 Million to Nine Local AIDS Housing Programs
12/09/2008: HUD, Partners Break Ground at St. Bernard Site to Bring New Mixed-Income Community to New Orleans
12/13/2008: Statement by HUD Secretary Steve Preston on the Nomination of Shaun Donovan
12/16/2008: HUD Approves $777 Million Deal to Construct 223-Bed Hospital and Medical Office Building in Hopewell Township, New Jersey
12/17/2008: Preston Announces $26.5 Million in "Sweat Equity Grants"
12/19/2008: Preston Accepts $72 Million Iowa Disaster Recovery Plan
12/29/2008: HUD to Speed Process for Awarding Grants
12/31/2008: HUD Awards $49 Million in Grants to Help Low-income Families Get Job Training and Employment (08-189)

Content Archived: May 12, 2010