Tag Archives: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

The Department’s latest round of Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants will be used to transform public and other HUD-assisted housing while investing in surrounding neighborhood and resident services.

Twenty-two awards, totaling approximately $128 million, have been awarded by HUD to Tribal communities nationwide for the construction of new housing units and increase affordable options for low-income Native American families.

HUD issues more than $24 million in resources to assist organizations with funding to fight housing discrimination and help build fair and inclusive communities nationwide.

To assist victims in federal disaster areas, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge has allocated funds to help communities recover and build resilience after a series of natural disasters in early 2023.

The Department has issued regulatory and administrative waivers to allow the use of funding to help communities in Maui and the Island of Hawaii to accelerate recovery efforts.

The Department has issued federal disaster relief to the state of Hawaii, with nearly 3,100 single- and multifamily residential properties with a combined reconstruction value (RCV) of $1.3 billion located within three preliminary wildfire perimeters on the island of Maui.

Updates from the Department support the expanded use of solar program benefits for assisted housing residents, tying into the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act.

HUD has awarded eight communities with grants geared toward the promotion of innovative collaboration necessary to tackle lingering affordability issues in the housing space.

The Department is seeking to grow its Move to Work initiative, a program that improves housing choices for low-income families.

The Department has published a Request for Information asking the public how it can simplify programs and reduce burdens to increase access to its programs.