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5 Things to Know About Rep. Marcia Fudge
The Ohio congresswoman is President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Here are five things to know about Marcia Fudge.
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Lawsuit: HUD Perpetuated Racial Segregation in Connecticut
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has perpetuated racial segregation in Connecticut’s capital by failing to help poor Black and Hispanic families living in dilapidated, federally subsidized housing move to better neighborhoods in the city and suburbs, residents allege in a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The complaint was filed in federal court by 10 former residents of three...
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HUD Revokes Obama-era Rule Designed to Diversify the Suburbs
The Trump administration said Thursday that it is revoking an Obama-era housing regulation designed to eliminate racial disparities in the suburbs, a move that fair housing advocates have decried as an election year stunt designed to manipulate the fears of white voters
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What To Do If You Can't Make Your Rent or Mortgage Payments Because of the Coronavirus Pandemic
Millions of U.S. households are expected to face financial burdens in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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HUD Knowingly Failed ‘to Comply With the Law,' Stalled Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief Funds
Two top officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development admitted at a congressional hearing this week that the agency knowingly missed a legally required deadline that would have made desperately needed hurricane relief funding available to Puerto Rico, NBC News reported. HUD’s chief financial officer, Irv Dennis, and David Woll, the department’s principal deputy assistant secretary for community...
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Carson Won't Say If He'd Let Grandmother Live in Public Housing
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson was asked Tuesday by Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., if he would let his grandmother live in public housing. Their heated exchange came during a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee.
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‘How Many More People Have to Die?' Carbon Monoxide Kills Two More in HUD Housing
Two more deaths in Michigan mark a rising death toll from carbon monoxide poisoning in Housing and Urban Development housing, NBC News reports. Since 2003, the gas has killed at least 13 public housing residents, by NBC News’ count — four since the beginning of this year. Anthony and Gwendolyn Fleming died in February at their house at the Hickory...
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Safety Tips For Your Home
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless “silent killer” that often goes undetected. Here are some safety tips you can take to prevent CO poisoning in your home.
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House Democrats Investigate HUD's ‘Failure' to Act as Shutdown Threatens Affordable Housing
House Democrats are using their new oversight authority to investigate the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s management of the shutdown, as questions mount about HUD’s failure to renew low-income housing contracts for more than 1,000 properties across the country, NBC News reported. “HUD knew for months about this impending deadline to renew the contracts, but for some reason they...
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Under Carson, More Families Live in Housing That Fails Inspection
An NBC News investigation has found that more than 1,000 out of HUD’s nearly 28,000 federally subsidized multifamily properties failed their most recent inspection — a failure rate that is more than 30 percent higher than in 2016, according to an analysis of HUD records. From his earliest days in office, HUD Secretary Ben Carson has repeatedly said he joined...
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HUD Employee Demoted Over Costly Office Remodel Request: Complaint
When the acting head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development asked an agency official to “find money” to pay for a costly makeover of incoming Secretary Ben Carson’s office, she recoiled, telling him $5,000 was the statutory max. But that wasn’t the end of the conversation, according to a complaint alleging retaliation filed with a federal whistleblower agency....
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Survivors, Family Gather for Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
Survivors and family members of those killed in the Oklahoma City bombing will gather for a remembrance service Wednesday, the 22nd anniversary of the attack.