The troubled public housing authority in East St. Louis is getting additional federal scrutiny this week with the visit of a review team to assess “distressed” housing units and provide training for the local authority’s board of commissioners. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s top Illinois official, William O. Dawson III, notified the […]
Jun. 7—BEMIDJI — An increased effort to make homelessness rare, brief and non-reoccurring for youth in Minnesota is underway thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The exciting news of the secured funds was delivered on Thursday at the Northwest Minnesota Foundation in Bemidji to a room of community leaders […]
President Joe Biden is considering not naming a permanent replacement for departing HUD secretary Marcia Fudge before the election, despite housing advocates’ plea for a successor. The administration, which is still weighing the decision, would be faced with trying to push a nominee through the closely divided Senate just months before the November vote. “We […]
WASHINGTON ‒ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying that after decades of public service, she’s retiring and returning to Ohio. “It’s time to go home,’’ Fudge told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview. “I do believe strongly […]