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1:   (HUD) Department Makes HOME Awards for Green Affordable Housing in VT, MI : HUD issues grant awards for environmentally sound affordable housing efforts in the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the latest going to the State of Vermont and Washtenaw County, MI. Department officials say the awards -- $250,000 each -- resu... 04/09/2010 4:28 PM

2:   (LOCAL) HOME Briefs : New York: Mount Vernon city officials are seeking the release of $800,000 in HOME Investment Partnership Program money from fiscal years 2008 and 2009 enabling them to begin work on affordable family units. Mount Vernon's Urban Renewal Agency will j... 01/15/2010 10:22 AM

3:   (DEVELOPMENT) Rochester, NY Ready to Renovate 246 Apartments with CDBG, HOME Funds : Officials in Rochester, NY soon will ask HUD to release pending and CDBG and HOME funds to renovate and modernize 22 apartment buildings. The FIGHT Village Renovation Project will include renovations to 246 apartments and a community building along ... 10/26/2009 6 PM

4:   (OIG) Legal Opinion Sought by Community Planning & Development Office May Determine How It Tracks HOME Spending : HUD legal officers will be asked to provide opinions to settle an apparent policy conflict that has caused HUD officials running the HOME Investment Partnerships Program to come under fire for how they monitor program spending and compliance. The qu... 10/02/2009 10:17 AM

5:   (HUD) Regional Office Asked to Boost Oversight of Adams County CDBG, HOME Programs : HUD's Office of Inspector General (OIG) in Denver is asking the HUD regional office there to increase the monitoring and oversight of Adams County, CO's administration and disbursement of all stimulus funding received. Also, it is being asked to ensu... 09/28/2009 3:04 PM

6:   (OIG) Cincinnati May Have to Tie NSP Efforts to HOME Program Corrections : Cincinnati officials may have to follow special conditions that tie needed HOME Investment Partnership Program corrections to spending for the first round of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). The July 29 recommendations come from HUD's O... 08/04/2009 4:58 PM

7:   (OIG) Oakland HOME Program Under Attack by HUD Inspectors : Oakland, CA officials come under fire for failing to follow HUD requirements and its own policies and procedures in managing the city's HOME Investment Partnerships Program. The report, issued July 24 by the HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG), as... 07/30/2009 4:18 PM

8:   GA City Officials Pressed to Justify $105,000 in HOME Expenditures : Augusta, GA, officials are being pressed to either justify or repay more than $105,000 to its HOME Investment Partnership Program after HUD auditors find they are committing program violations in spending the money. HUD Office of Inspector General o... 04/08/2009 12:14 PM

9:   Cook County, IL Working with HUD to Reimburse HOME Program Funds : HUD is working with Cook County, IL officials to reimburse HUD and a local trust fund a combined $65,000 to the local HOME Investment Partnerships Program because of improper funding distribution found in a recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) re... 02/20/2009 5:47 PM

10:   HUD OIG Asks Dept. to Have Durham Shore Up HOME Monitoring : North Carolina: HUD is being asked by its Office of Inspector General (OIG) to have Durham city officials create and implement procedures for monitoring funding distribution of HOME Investment Partnership Program funds, the faults resulting in the ci... 09/02/2008 5:18 PM

11:   OIG Says Muncie Must Commit HOME Funds, City Moving Toward Use : Indiana: Officials in Muncie are being told they risk losing $1.12 million in HOME Improvement Partnership Program money if they do not correctly allocate it by following HUD rules by July 31. City officials are discussing allocating funds to four po... 04/14/2008 10:04 AM

12:   HUD Offers Brief Glimpse of Upcoming HOME Rules : Those looking for new rules for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program later this spring can expect to see changes to rehabilitation standards, Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) performance requirements, and minor clarifications of ... 04/07/2008 4:15 PM

13:   SC Sets April 22 Deadline for HOME Applications : South Carolina: State officials are giving applicants through April 25 to send in proposals for about $13 million in FY 2008 HOME Investment Partnerships Program grants and additional related funds. Local governments, nonprofits, for-profits and Com... 02/19/2008 12:01 PM

14:   NC Lone State to Receive HOME Funding Increase : North Carolina is the only state receiving an increase in the HOME Investment Partnership Program in Fiscal Year 2008, while every other state suffers drops in income of up to 6% from the prior fiscal year.The statistics issued by HUD in recent weeks... 02/14/2008 10:47 AM

15:   HOME Officials Lament Budget Cuts : HOME Investment Partnership Program officials are lamenting the budget process that cut their program in Fiscal Year 2008 and are providing a bleak funding forecast for 2009. Cliff Taffet, director in the Office of Affordable Housing Programs, update... 01/30/2008 11:54 AM

16:   HUD OIG: Milwaukee Must Fix HOME Work Deficiencies : HUD's Office of Inspector General (OIG) is asking its local office to make sure city of Milwaukee officials complete housing rehabilitation, in an attempt to ensure $120,000 in HOME Investment Partnership Program funding is used correctly. OIG also ... 10/05/2007 1:06 PM

17:   HUD Seeks HOME Funds Recapture from Illinois County : HUD is asking Cook County, IL, officials to return at least $115,000 in non-federal money to its own HOME Investment Partnerships Program and institute controls to save an additional $153,000 in what the Office of Inspector General (OIG) believes ... 10/03/2007 3:55 PM

 

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