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HUD Makes $30 Million Available to State and Local Fair Housing Enforcement Partners

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it made $29.5 million in noncompetitive funding available on June 14 to HUD’s state and local fair housing enforcement agencies across the country under its Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP). The FHAP is an intergovernmental partnership between the federal government and state and local agencies to provide protection to the public against discrimination in housing. The funding to State and local enforcement agencies supports fair housing complaint investigations and education and outreach activities to inform the public, housing providers, and local governments about their rights and responsibilities under both the Fair Housing Act and state and local fair housing laws. Continue reading ...

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HUD Awards More Than $14.4 Million in Housing Counseling Grants

Awards will support efforts to expand housing services and counseling into underserved communities WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) is announcing today that it has awarded more than $14.4 million in housing counseling grant funding to 180 housing counseling organizations. The awards will support the comprehensive housing counseling services provided by grantees to homebuyers, homeowners, and renters, and will help to continue the important work that began in 2021 to reach deeper into underserved communities through partnerships between HUD-approved housing counseling agencies, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and other Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Continue reading ...

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HUD MAKES $2 MILLION IN FUNDING AVAILABLE TO SMALL COMMUNITIES THROUGH MAIN STREET PROGRAM

WASHINGTON - Today, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of $2 million through the HOPE VI Main Street Program. This grant program provides assistance to communities looking to create affordable housing in central business districts (Main Street areas) that are undergoing redevelopment. HUD is looking to target Main Street areas in cities with this funding opportunity. Continue reading ...

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BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION'S PAVE TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES NEW ACTIONS TO ADDRESS APPRAISAL BIAS

WASHINGTON - Today, the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE), co-chaired by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge and White House Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden, announced a set of meaningful actions to deliver on the PAVE Action Plan and ensure that every American who buys a home has the same opportunities to build generational wealth through homeownership. These steps come two years since President Biden announced the creation of a first-of-its-kind interagency effort to root out bias in the home appraisal process – on the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Continue reading ...