HUD moves to tackle lead paint hazards with $330M in grants

The Department of Housing and Urban Development wants to help clean up health hazards such as lead-based paint in low-income housing, and is allocating $330 million in grants to facilitate such projects. The grants will be made available via the HUD’s Lead Hazard Reduction and Healthy Homes Production for Tribal Housing programs, it said. “Your

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HUD to donate $47 million for grants to housing counselors

Some $47 million of funding has been earmarked by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to go towards providing housing counseling grants. The money will be used to help around one million low income households avoid foreclosure or find new housing. HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced the new funding initiative, saying that HUD-approved housing

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States offer housing assistance to college graduates to entice them to stay put

Recent college graduates are being offered a helping hand towards homeownership in some states, which are prepared to grant them thousands of dollars towards buying a property

Wells Fargo down payment assistance program helps 11,000 homeowners

NeighborWorks America has teamed up with Wells Fargo to offer residents of more than forty communities down payment grants via its newly created Neighborhood LIFT program.

FHLBank San Francisco Gives $36.6M in Housing Grants

The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco announced the second round of winners in its 2010 funding competition, awarding $36.6 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants.  The grants will help fund 60 projects with affordable housing needs in Nevada, Illinois , Colorado, New Jersey, Washington, California, and Arizona.  The projects will help create

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