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HUD Offers $5 Million-Plus in Grants for Lead Reduction
   The Department of Housing and Urban Development makes available $2.3 million on funding for its Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Program and $3 million for the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program. Eligibility extends to states, Native American tribes, cities, counties, and other governm...
posted 12/5/12 4:38 PM  read complete story

Banks Focused on Community Development Get Boost from Treasury
   This year's winners collectively increased their investments in their communities by more than $383 million.
posted 12/3/12 1:20 PM  read complete story

Competition Seeks Innovation in Affordable Housing Development
   Projects having a clear social mission and include research aimed at changing ways affordable housing is built have the best chance of winning funding.
posted 12/3/12 1:09 PM  read complete story

Brownfields in Minority Communities Less Likely Selected for Remediation
   Researchers looked at whether poorer communities received lower prioritization in the federally funded cleanup of brownfields, or polluted former industrial sites. As it turns out, sites located in neighborhoods with a higher proportion of minority residents moved more slowly through the cleanup process.
posted 11/27/12 3:51 PM  read complete story

Rural Development Boosted by USDA-backed Biofuels Initiative
   The program is aimed at supporting research, investment and infrastructure, which the Obama administration sees as prerequisites for creating a strong biofuels industry capable of spurring increased economic opportunity in rural areas.
posted 11/27/12 1:22 PM  read complete story

Funding for 'Promise Neighborhoods' Progam Likely to Increase
   While the fate of other community-wide efforts, including the Housing & Urban Development Department's Choice Neighborhoods and Sustainable Communities initiatives, really hinged on an Obama win, Promise Neighborhoods has bipartisan support and likely would have survived regardless.
posted 11/20/12 2:53 PM  read complete story

HUD Releases $1.6 Billion for Homeless Housing Program
   Created to address to problems associated with homelessness, the Continuum of Care initiative comprises a set of three competitively-awarded programs. Applicants can request funding for one-year grants in the areas of supportive housing, shelter-plus care, or single residency occupancy programs.
posted 11/15/12 5:23 PM  read complete story

Feds Slam WI Economic Development Corp. for Mishandling CDBG Funds
   The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation misspent federal Community Development Block Grant money and disregarded state and federal policies about how such funds should be spent and accounted for, HUD says.
posted 10/31/12 7:21 PM  read complete story

Help Available Now for AmeriCorps Applicants
   Grants help support AmeriCorps volunteers addressing key community issues, including economic development and the environment.
posted 10/24/12 12:31 PM  read complete story

SBA Offers Grants to Veterans for Entrepreneurship
   The program provides entrepreneurial training, business development assistance, counseling and assistance to small businesses owned and controlled by eligible veterans.
posted 10/22/12 5:21 PM  read complete story