Monthly Archives: March 2011

20 Years of the HOME Program!

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To mark the 20th Anniversary of the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program, HUD will host a HOME Program conference in Bethesda, Maryland on May 2 – 4, 2011. The conference theme is “Finding a New Way HOME: The Next Twenty Years,” with three tracks of technical workshops and clinics–Envision, Implement and Manage. The conference will [...]

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March 28, 2011

The Evolving CIO: From Financial Compliance Origins to Data Singularity

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Thank you to those who took a moment to comment on my recent blog introducing my new series on the evolving CIO. Several of you agreed that we need to redefine the purpose of the CIO based on the trajectory of our society. In this spirit, an article comes to mind that I was reading [...]

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March 24, 2011

Walking the Fair Housing beat

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Just as a police officer enforces the law, an Equal Opportunity Specialist at HUD enforces the Fair Housing Act that prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of housing based on race/color, national origin, disability, religion, family status, and gender. One of the duties of these fair housing cops walking the beat is to investigate [...]

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March 23, 2011

Facing Foreclosure with Facts

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These days as families struggle with their finances, many will look to the faith-based community for answers because they don’t know where else to turn. For this reason, it ‘s imperative that those of us at HUD equip faith based leaders with the information and resources they need to assist families facing foreclosure. Today, HUD’s [...]

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