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HUD Announces That Recovery Act Funding Has Removed Home Health and Safety Risks for Over 3,800 Children12/22/2010
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that more than 3,800 children are safe from dangerous lead-based paint hazards and other health and safety risks due to grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and HUD’s Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. Read more about HUD Announces That Recovery Act Funding Has Removed Home Health and Safety Risks for Over 3,800 Children
| HUD Announces That Recovery Funding Has Prevented or Ended Homelessness For Over 750,000 Persons12/01/2010
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program is using $1.5 billion to help more than 300,000 households
WASHINGTON – U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today that homelessness for 750,000 Americans was prevented or ended, thanks to HUD’s Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program (HPRP), funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The program provided $1.5 billion to local communities to keep families in their homes or help them find other affordable housing after a sudden financial crisis, which might have otherwise led to homelessness. Read more about HUD Announces That Recovery Funding Has Prevented or Ended Homelessness For Over 750,000 Persons
| 100 Percent of Recovery Act Green Retrofit Funds At Work Creating Jobs10/01/2010
Awards Providing Energy Efficient Upgrades to Nearly 20,000 Homes
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced a Recovery Act milestone for the Department’s Green Retrofit Program: 100 percent of the program’s $250 million in grants and loans has been obligated by the September 30, 2010, statutory deadline, marking a significant achievement for a program that was created only eighteen months ago.
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