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09/25/2009 HUD Dream Team: Secretary Donovan Q & A News Publisher: Affordable Housing Finance Author: Donna Kimura

Donovan became the 15th secretary of HUD this year after serving as commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE recently asked him about his newly assembled HUD team and the job ahead.

09/25/2009 Boston Organization Aims to End Homelessness Among Elderly Boston, Massachusetts | Video Story Publisher: VOANews.com Author: Susan Logue

Even after living in her one-bedroom apartment for nearly seven years, Estella Morris, 66, never tires of opening her front door. "I can put my key in the lock and come on in. If I want to throw my shoes underneath the bed, I throw them underneath the bed, and if I want to walk around in my underclothes I can do that," she says.

09/25/2009 Gates Foundation CEO Wants Biz to House Homeless Seattle, Washington | News Publisher: The Seattle Times Author: Donna Gordon Blankinship

The CEO of the world's largest charitable foundation on Friday urged Seattle business leaders to get involved in one of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's smallest initiatives.

09/24/2009 Where Is The Bailout For People Who Need Housing? Richmond, Virginia | News Publisher: Richmond Times-Dispatch Author: Michael Paul Williams

In recent months, AIG, General Motors, Wells Fargo and Citigroup have been handed billion-dollar bailouts by the government. Some of these corporations have hardly handled the largesse responsibly, partying and handing out bonuses like it's 1999. So where is the bailout for low-income residents who've been promised safe and affordable housing, only to have the rug yanked from under them?

09/24/2009 The 10 Year Plan Interactive Timeline (Check out this new tool from NAEH) News Publisher: National Alliance to End Homelessness

The timeline documents the evolution of 10-year plans from the development of the first plan in 1998 to the present.

09/23/2009 Donovan Announces $300 Million Dollars In Recovery Act Funing To Prevent Homelessness Washington, District of Columbia | News Publisher: Housing and Urban Development, Department Of

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $300 million in Recovery Act funding to nearly 100 communities across the nation. The funding will rapidly re-house families who fall into homelessness, or prevent families from becoming homeless in the first place. The funding, provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is also designed to help persons and families facing a sudden financial crisis that could lead to homelessness.

09/19/2009 Norfolk Foundation Gives $760,553 to Nonprofits Norfolk, Virginia | News Publisher: The Virginian-Pilot

The Norfolk Foundation awarded $129,000 to Virginia Supportive Housing to launch programs to help formerly homeless people deal with addiction and mental health problems.

09/18/2009 Fort Worth’s Directions Home Program a Model For How to End Chronic Homelessness Fort Worth, Texas | News Publisher: The Star-Telegram Author: Editorial

When the authors of Fort Worth’s 10-year plan to end chronic homelessness set a goal of creating or identifying 544 permanent supportive housing units for homeless residents by year six, some observers thought that an overly ambitious target. Yet on Thursday, just three months into the first year of Directions Home, officials announced that 112 people have moved out of homelessness and into apartments.

09/18/2009 Affordable Housing Complex Comes Full Circle: New Carver Apartments Los Angeles, California | News Publisher: Los Angeles Downtown News Author: Anna Scott

When the developer of the New Carver Apartments celebrates the building’s grand opening this week, at least one question will not be a point of concern: how to fill the 97 units.

09/18/2009 Financing for Affordable Housing Missing While Demand Increases Saint Paul, Minnesota | News Publisher: Minnesota Public Radio Author: Dan Olson

A growing number of state residents are paying up to half their income for a place to live and one of the primary solutions for addressing the problem - building affordable housing - has run aground for lack of financing.

 

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