The all-new HUD.gov
HUD Public Affairs launch their newly redesigned website, HUD.gov. The site has been extensively redesigned with the goal of improving the site's usability. Changes were made to the site's menus to improve the ease...
HUD invites public housing agencies to join Moving to Work demonstration program
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is inviting public housing agencies to join the Department’s expanding Moving to Work demonstration program. Moving to Work (MTW) allows public housing agencies (PHAs) to...
Historic Chicago apartment development earns 2018 HUD secretary award
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) today announced Chicago’s Rosenwald Courts Apartments, once home to boxer Joe Louis, and Olympian Jesse Owens, as...
HUD awards $6.7 million in research grants to reduce lead and other housing-related health...
To help protect children and seniors from exposure to lead and other home health hazards, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $6.7 million to seven universities and public health organizations...
2018’s fastest-growing cities in America
With the Census Bureau reporting that the South held 8 of the 15 cities with the largest population gains in 2017, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2018’s Fastest-Growing Cities in America...
HUD and US Virgin Islands sign $243 million disaster recovery grant agreement
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Secretary Pamela Hughes Patenaude and the U.S. Virgin Island's Governor Kenneth Mapp today announced the formal execution of a $243 million grant agreement to help...
HUD and Puerto Rico ink $1.5 billion disaster recovery grant agreement
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson and Puerto Rico’s Governor Ricardo Rosselló today announced the formal execution of a $1.5 billion grant agreement to help citizens in Puerto Rico...
The Skilled Labor Fund announces contribution for training
The Skilled Labor Fund, through the National Housing Endowment, the philanthropic arm of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), provided over $57,000 to address the shortage of skilled labor entering the residential construction market. The funding...
HUD rental assistance demonstration reaches historic 100,000 unit milestone
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced that 100,000 units of affordable public housing have been preserved through the Department’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), an innovative approach to confronting the...
Housing starts rise in August amid ongoing affordability concerns
Total housing starts increased 9.2 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.28 million units, according to newly released data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Commerce Department. The August...
Statement from NAHB Chairman Randy Noel on Chinese Tariffs
Randy Noel, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and a custom home builder from LaPlace, La., today issued the following statement on President Trump's decision to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth...
Rent reform, AFFH, supply and housing vouchers
HUD Secretary Ben Carson, NMHC Fall Meeting Washington, DC ~ September 14, 2018 Introduction Thank you, Sue, for the kind introduction. I am delighted to join you for your fall Council Meeting. The National Multifamily Housing Council...
A 10-year anniversary highlights need for housing finance reform
With Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now marking their tenth year of conservatorship, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today called on Congress to make it a priority to enact comprehensive reform to the nation's housing...
HUD and Census Bureau release new American housing survey
Renters are three times more likely to need financial assistance to evacuate during a major disaster than those who own their own homes. That’s according to the new 2017 American Housing Survey released today...
NMHC/NAA Testify Before Congress on Behalf of Apartment Industry
Statement from the National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) and National Apartment Association (NAA) on today’s Congressional testimony before the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee by Sue Ansel, President and Chief Executive Officer, Gables Residential and...
