News by Topic: Housing and homelessness

News from the past 14 days. Please visit the News Archive for earlier stories.

Notice of Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless     Federal Register 
Nov 20, 2009 -- This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Learn more about: Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless

HOPE VI Main Street Grants; Notice of Funding Availability     Federal Register 
Nov 18, 2009 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announces the availability of funding for the HOPE VI Main Street program to provide grants to small communities to assist in the rejuvenation of an historic or traditional central business district or "Main Street" area by replacing unused commercial space in buildings with affordable housing units.
Learn more about: HOPE VI Main Street Program

HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 NOFA for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly; Technical Correction     Federal Register 
Nov 18, 2009 -- This notice contains program clarifications and a deadline change to the September 1, 2009 HUD Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly for Fiscal Year 2009.
Learn more about: Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly

HUD's Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 NOFA for Section 811 Housing for Persons With Disabilities (Section 811 Program); Technical Correction     Federal Register 
Nov 18, 2009 -- This notice contains program clarifications and a deadline change to the September 1, 2009 HUD Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Section 811 Housing for Persons With Disabilities for Fiscal Year 2009.
Learn more about: Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities

New SAMHSA Web site Provides Tools to Help Address Co-Occurring Disorders and Homelessness
Nov 17, 2009 -- The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announces the availability of a new Web site to help SAMHSA grantees, health professionals and the public address problems of homelessness and co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); Recovery Act--Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing, Notice of Closing of Application Solicitation     Federal Register 
Nov 16, 2009 -- In this notice HUD announces that they will cease accepting applications as of November 18, 2009, for the Recovery Act--Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing program.
Learn more about: Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Free Land the Key to Small Towns' Growth?     Top Story 
Nov 16, 2009 -- Des Moines Register, (IA) article via Center for Rural Affairs tells how the small town of Manilla, Iowa, offers free land and suspends property taxes for five years for those who build a home in their developments, a throwback to how plains states were homesteaded in the 1800s.

Notice of Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless     Federal Register 
Nov 13, 2009 -- This notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.
Learn more about: Federal Property Suitable as Facilities to Assist the Homeless