HUD Region 10 Public Affairs Proud Ground, a non-profit based in Portland, has been in the homeownership business for 13 years and it has lots to show for it. Proud Ground has helped Oregonians like Kelli Jarrell, a grandmother, who recently bought her first home – a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1600 square foot home [...]
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Peter Ashley, HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control Last week, Secretary Donovan joined White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the Boys and Girls Club in S.E. Washington, D.C. to announce the release [...]
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More photos on HUD’s Flickr page. Yesterday, Secretary Donovan, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited a Washington, DC Boys and Girls Club to a Federal action plan to reduce racial and ethnic asthma disparities. Massachusetts HomeCorps is on a mission to [...]
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Julia Gitis, Presidential Management Fellow, HUD’s Boston Regional Office Every day, local Housing Authorities (HAs) face the challenge of providing affordable housing to their residents. Much of the hard work goes unrecognized. Recently, at the annual awards dinner of the Watertown-Belmont Chamber of Commerce, the Watertown Housing Authority was spotlighted with a Special Recognition Award. [...]
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Cross posted from WhiteHouse.gov Our military families make many sacrifices for our nation, and not just when a servicemember goes into combat. Military families also face challenges when a servicemember receives orders for a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move to another base, and the family has to decide whether to go along or live [...]
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