HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher program – also known as the Section 8 program – is a critical part of the nation’s safety net for some of our most vulnerable Americans. This program provides over 2 million very low-income households, often including an elderly or disabled family member, with subsidies to find safe, decent, affordable housing [...]
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Welcome back, HUDdlers! We hope you all had a great time celebrating the Fourth of July. In case you missed it, watch Secretary Donovan discuss the housing market and the American Dream with CNN’s Candy Crowley. A new poll finds Americans want their government to help homeowners at risk of foreclosure. Operation Open Doors is [...]
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Unless you work at HUD or one of its public or private partners – or consider yourself a housing wonk – you might not realize that HUD’s HOME program is completely separate from public housing. It’s easy to get confused! After all, HOME plays a huge role in keeping housing affordable for all Americans. However, [...]
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Secretary Shaun Donovan Last night, ABC’s Nightline aired a report on the state of the nation’s public housing. In his story, reporter Brian Ross inaccurately and unfairly portrayed HUD’s oversight efforts. We know that years of underfunding by the prior administration has left our nation’s public and assisted housing stock under significant stress. For too [...]
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Have you ever read about a person’s situation in a newspaper or magazine, and wished there was something you could do to help? After reading about a San Francisco family man with disabilities, who was turned down for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section Eight) because of his Native American heritage, disabilities, and family, HUDs Fair [...]
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