Where can you find in one place a wealth of HUD-related information from the guidebook for HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program to directories for the 3,200 public housing authorities (PHA) and HUD’s 9,000 employees across the U.S. to a glossary of HUD acronyms that will help you understand “HUDspeak”? All of this information and much [...]
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One month from today on June 17th families across the U.S. will celebrate Father’s Day. Last year, HUD put a new twist on this American celebration when we asked the nation’s 3,200 public housing authorities to host events on the Saturday before the actual holiday that brought together fathers and their children who live in [...]
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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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Francis Harjo, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing, Office of Native American Programs Yesterday, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi dedicated a new community center thanks in large part to a $2 million dollar grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The long awaited community center embodies the Band’s mission to preserve Mother Earth [...]
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Today, Maurice Jones was sworn-in as HUD’s new Deputy Secretary. Chicago Tribune reports, HUD Secretary Donovan tours Pullman Wheelworks Apartments, a complex undergoing a transformation alongside the neighborhood. Philadelphia Magazine shines a light on a public-private housing initiative set to assist low-income LGBT seniors. Similarly, ground was broken for an affordable special-needs community Promise House [...]
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