From Center on Budget: Housing: The President’s $350 million Transforming Rental Assistance (TRA) initiative, outlined in his fiscal 2011 budget, would enable local housing agencies and private owners to more easily preserve affordable housing, in part by giving them more...
From Urban Institute Latest Reports: Providers of publicly subsidized housing in both the US and the UK have partnered with private sector entities to provide affordable housing for a number of years now. Though the policy contexts differ considerably between...
From HUD Press Releases: Last year, HUD, Westchester County, the U.S. Attorney's office, and members of the community all worked together to agree to a settlement that promotes fair housing and civil rights while investing money in Westchester County. We...
From HUD Press Releases: WASHINGTON - Four federal agencies are launching a new website today to highlight the increased role the U.S. is playing in addressing 21st century urbanization, housing and sustainability issues facing the nations of the world. The...
From HUD Press Releases: BOSTON - Dozens of local officials from 12 of the regions hit hardest by the housing crisis are meeting at Harvard University March 14 -16 to develop new strategies for stabilizing neighborhoods that experience large numbers...
From EurekAlert! - Breaking News: A new mathematical model developed by Indiana University Bloomington and Arizona State University geographers could help communities that are in the midst of passing or reforming sex offender laws. The researchers describe the model and...
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