HUD Secretary’s Award honors Greater Milwaukee Foundation, CDA Milwaukee, Wis. – As the innovative work of community partners to provide a quality, affordable home for every Milwaukeean gains … [Read more...]
HUD Secretary Julian Castro Tours Deconstruction Site in Sherman Park
By Karen Stokes US Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD) Secretary, Julian Castro, visited Milwaukee last Friday to observe how renovating homes can be a way to eliminate homelessness. … [Read more...]
HUD Awards Nearly $43,000 In Housing Counseling Grants
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $42 million in housing counseling grants to hundreds of national, regional and local organizations to … [Read more...]
Grant to Aid Juveniles with Legal Assistance
By Dylan Deprey Teenagers who break the law get tickets. Driving tickets, drinking tickets, theft tickets, drug tickets, parking tickets, the list goes on and on. Often, they will pay the fine, … [Read more...]
U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Encourage Small Business Growth Through Federal Contracting
By Mrinal Gokhale The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) hosted an event to educate small business owners on federal … [Read more...]
The Milwaukee Branch of NAACP responds to HUD Section 3 Compliance Review
By James H. Hall President NAACP Milwaukee Branch The question is often and repeatedly raised as to why joblessness and unemployment are so high in Milwaukee’s African American community, … [Read more...]
Reducing lead poisoning of Milwaukee Children
At one time, almost 38 percent of Milwaukee children suffered from exposure to the toxic metal lead. That number has dropped to around 3 percent but that is still too much. So the City of Milwaukee … [Read more...]
HUD awards nearly $760,000 in grants to combat housing discrimination in Wisconsin
Last week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded nearly $760,000 to three fair housing organizations to assist people in Wisconsin who believe they have been victims of housing … [Read more...]
HUD awards nearly $100 million to promote jobs, self-sufficiency, independent living for HUD-assisted housing residents
Funding allows local entities to hire new employees or retain approximately 650 jobs across the U.S. WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) this week awarded nearly … [Read more...]
HUD, VA to provide permanent housing and support to 100 homeless veterans in Wisconsin
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced recently that HUD will provide an additional $524,247 to public … [Read more...]