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Introducing HUD’s Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition Calling all design and planning grad students with a hunger to make a real difference! HUD is announcing its...
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Passion White found herself in a women’s shelter while her children were living with other family members. She was working full-time but she still couldn’t make ends meet. White found affordable...
View ArticleThe HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition
The inaugural year of the competition comes to an exciting close Tuesday, May 6 marked a successful end for the 2014 HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition...
View ArticleA Hand Up, Not a Handout
HUD and Habitat for Humanity team up to house single mother The Hanover Habitat for Humanity in Hanover County, Virginia, executes its vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live...
View ArticleColony Village: An Example of HUD-Insured Properties Meeting the Needs of the...
“Urban chic meets suburbia” – that’s how Colony Village’s website describes its new apartment complex. Located in Chesterfield County—a suburb of the Greater Richmond area in Virginia—the housing...
View ArticleA new chapter for Magnolia Crossing in Yazoo, Mississippi
July 10, 2014 was ground breaking day for the Magnolia Crossing Development renovation project in Yazoo City, MS. As an intern, it was my first day personally seeing the results of the Rental...
View ArticleA summer of opportunities and learning
This summer, I had the opportunity to work at HUD’s Region 1 office in Boston as a Field Policy and Management Intern. Throughout the internship, one of the key things I learned is how interconnected...
View ArticleThe Connection between Housing and Improved Outcomes along the HIV Care...
Recently, HUD’s Office of HIV/AIDS Housing published a white paper aimed at illuminating the intersection between housing and health care with improved health outcomes for those living with HIV. The...
View ArticleBuilding a More Resilient, Clean Energy Future: Our Latest Step
On January 29, HUD Secretary Julián Castro joined California Governor Jerry Brown and Debra Schwartz, Director of Impact Investments at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, to announce a...
View ArticleGrand Opening Follows Historic Renovation
Community Housing of Maine (CHOM) recently celebrated the opening of their 68th property in Maine,the historic renovationof Elm Terrace in walkable downtown Portland. Elm Terrace is home to 38 units of...
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