Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo announced the 100 community housing programs selected by HUD for the most innovative use of HUD assistance inimproving residents' lives.
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo announced the 100community housing programs selected by HUD for the most innovative use of HUD assistance inimproving residents' lives. Cuomo also released the report, A Promise Being Fulfilled: The Transformation of America's Public Housing, that says HUD has transformed the public housing stock by providing large-scale fundingfor demolishing and replacing deteriorating housing and creating more communities through HOPE VI,which through 1999 has delivered $3.7 billion in grants to revitalize more than 120 neighborhoodsnationwide.
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FULL STORY: HUD No. 00-215
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M-Group
M-Group
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research
Georgia Tech
Missoula Redevelopment Agency
City of Joliet
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