HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan spent time on Capitol Hill in May testifying before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services about an important new development at the Department, which involves the Preservation, Enhancement and Transformation of Rental Assistance Act (PETRA)....
HUD, along with other national agencies and an advocacy group, wants families to get the message about the dangers of lead and the health risks it poses to children and pregnant women.
In an initiative to raise awareness of the consequences of lead poisoning among those who live in homes...
HUD has begun the process of implementing the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), consolidating three separate assistance programs into a single grant program.
The HEARTH Act creates the Emergency Solutions Grant Program and the Rural...
HUD and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are collaborating to provide housing assistance for nonelderly individuals with disabilities. Approximately $40 million is being made available to support independent living as an alternative to institutional care.
HUD has released more than $13 million in grants for 25 projects to conduct activities intended to make low-income housing safer and healthier. Funded activities include: eliminating lead and housing-related hazards in thousands of homes; training workers in lead and healthy homes interventions...
Proposed legislation known as the Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 (H.R. 4099, S. 2897), currently pending in the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee, contains language and some requirements that concern housing organizations, including the National...
HUD has extended the Disaster Voucher Program (DVP) for all pre-disaster public housing, project-based, homeless, and special needs housing families currently receiving DVP assistance. The deadline for the program had been Dec. 31, 2009, depending on the availability of funding and the number of...
HUD will begin publishing online a full historical view of detailed information on the physical condition of public housing and multifamily units across the U.S. and will offer the public the opportunity to contribute to HUD's long-term strategic plan through a new interactive “...
On Nov. 16, 2009, HUD's Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) published a new protocol entitled “Property Requirements for the Inspection of Elevator Equipment Rooms.” The new requirements, effective Jan. 4, 2010, apply to HUD-assisted and -insured properties with elevators.
HUD launched Neighborhood Networks in 1995 as one of its first initiatives to promote self-sufficiency for residents and provide computer access in its assisted housing communities. As the program's 15th anniversary approaches in 2010, the agency remains as committed as ever to the idea of...
The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) presented its Leadership in Federal Energy Management Award to Richard Santangelo, program manager for HUD's Public Housing Environment and Conservation Clearinghouse. The program encourages housing authorities to make energy efficiency improvements...
