HLC Housing Agenda Blog

Summary of Housing Portion of Federal Recovery Package

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

This is straight from the House Appropriations Committee's press release of 2/12/09 about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:Infrastructure $2.25 billion through HOME and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program to fill financing gaps caused by the credit freeze and get stalled housing development projects moving $1 billion for ...

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Obama’s HUD choice labeled “best ever”

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

Writing on the Beyond Chron website, author and Tenderloin Housing Clinic director Randy Shaw labels President-Elect Barack Obama's choice of Shaun Donovan to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development this way: "Obama’s Housing Choice: Best HUD Selection Ever." Quoting Shaw: In picking New York City housing commissioner Shaun Donovan as ...

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