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The Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program makes a three- to five-year pledge to each veteran to find housing and services. Veterans of all ages are eligible.

The seven-year-old La Casa Norte is committed to providing a safe environment for homeless and abandoned people where they benefit from a comprehensive program of education, guidance and counseling in a community setting.

An infusion of $3.4 million in federal funding is about to end the painful experience of homelessness for 350 veterans in the Bay State, according to federal officials.

A just-released report from two groups that advocate for the homeless suggests the 10 most heartless cities in the country — and what they can do to be nicer.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today the final allocations of more than 10,000 vouchers to local public housing authorities across the country to provide permanent supportive housing for homeless veterans.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced the availability of $113 million in HOPE VI funding today in a keynote address on the future of urban revitalization at the National Press Club during the Brookings Institution’s event, “From Despair to Hope: Two HUD Secretaries on Urban Revitalization and Opportunity.” Donovan joined former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros in a comprehensive discussion about the HOPE VI revitalization program and the Obama Administration’s proposed Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, which seeks to build on the lessons from HOPE VI and expand urban revitalization beyond public housing.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today awarded $1.2 billion to over 400 communities across the nation to rapidly re-house families who fall into homelessness, or prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place. The funding is provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to help persons and families facing a sudden financial crisis that could lead to homelessness.

To gauge the progress of Chicago’s Plan to End Homelessness since its introduction six years ago by a broad coalition of public and private partners, Chicago is launching the first-ever evaluation of a city’s Plan to End Homelessness. Led by nationally-renowned homeless policy experts at the University of Chicago and Loyola University Chicago in conjunction with the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness, the evaluation is a comprehensive, two-year, community-driven effort to answer the question: is Chicago’s Plan effectively preventing and ending homelessness for individuals and families in Chicago?

The Marin Community Foundation in Novato, California, has announced a five-year, $10 million initiative designed to increase the amount of affordable housing available to low-income families, seniors, and others in Marin County.