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HUD will be awarding grants totaling $19.6 million to prevent and correct housing-related health and safety hazards in low-income housing and to support programs for the control of asthma among residents in federally assisted multifamily housing.
HUD is offering $35 million to public housing authorities to develop facilities that will provide early childhood and adult education, and/or job training programs for public housing residents.
HUD has announced two measures to make information more accessible to the general public. The agency says it will begin publishing online a full historical view of detailed information on the physical condition of public housing and multifamily units across the U.S., and will offer citizens the opportunity to contribute to HUD's long-term strategic plan through a new interactive “suggestion box.”
Essentially a nonexistent issue since they were eradicated after World War II, bedbugs are back—in a big way. As a result, as of Sept. 13, 2010, inspectors in the Uniform Physical Conditions Standards (UPCS) program are required to report the presence of bedbugs at any site they inspect.
HUD is spending well over $5 billion annually to pay for heat and power for public housing authorities and subsidized rental units, or to assist low-income households who pay those utility bills directly, yet it is failing to take full advantage of existing energy-efficiency programs and “wasting taxpayers’ money,” says Charlie Harak, author of the report, “Up the Chimney: How HUD's Inaction Costs Taxpayers Millions and Drives Up Utility Bill...
Through its Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program, HUD is offering grants totaling approximately $110 million to help eliminate lead-based paint from lower-income homes and to protect young children from lead poisoning. The grants are available for state and local governments.
Qualified entities can apply for supplementary funding to promote and develop a local Healthy Housing initiative, build on their lead hazard control program, or to address multiple h...
HUD's Family Unification Program has awarded $20 million in Housing Choice Vouchers to public housing agencies (PHAs) in 20 states to prevent children from being separated from their families due to inadequate housing.
The PHAs that received the funding work closely with local child welfare agencies to identify families with children in foster care or who are at risk of being placed in foster care and youth at risk of homelessness.
HUD has delegated the authority to approve certain Compliance, Disposition and Enforcement (CDE) plans to regional Hub directors. Effective with the issuance of Notice H 2010-12 on July 9, 2010, Hub directors now have the authority to approve all CDE plans except those that recommend accelerating and/or foreclosing on an insured and/or assisted loan or those that recommend relocating residents and abating a Section 8 contract.
In a letter dated July 6, 2010, HUD advised multifamily housing mortgagees of revisions to underwriting standards, policies, and procedures for mortgage insurance under certain Federal Housing Administration (FHA) programs.
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan spent time on Capitol Hill in May testifying before the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services about an important new development at the Department, which involves the Preservation, Enhancement and Transformation of Rental Assistance Act (PETRA).
PETRA is a multi-year initiative proposed in President Obama's fiscal year 2011 budget that seeks to preserve HUD-funded public and assisted housing, enhance housing choic...
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