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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

A department in the United States charged with promoting homeownership. It oversees the Federal Housing Administration and has a relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. It also provides vouchers to make rent more affordable and provides grants for community development. It was established in 1965.

HUD

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. This federal cabinetlevel department has a wide variety of responsibilities, including

• Enforcing fair housing laws
• Assisting community development through block grants, loan guarantees, and disaster recovery assistance
• Regulating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
• Supporting health care through providing mortgage insurance for hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities
• Aiding Native Americans with specialized housing programs
• Educating citizens about hazards such as lead paint
• Overseeing the Federal Manufactured Housing Program
• Providing public housing assistance
• Making available housing counseling
• Administering a number of mortgage insurance programs for multifamily housing
• Providing mortgage insurance for single-family houses
• Handling witness relocation for people who have testified about crimes in their public or assisted housing buildings

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The report contains a detailed outline of the market related to HUD system and its components, technologies, and applications.

HUD Market Size Estimated to Reach $2.91 Billion by 2017

We also believe that HUD should provide greater clarity concerning the new requirements on disclosure of broker fees tied to the interest rate selected by the borrower," Courson added.

HUD files RESPA reform rule at eleventh hour

Recommendation: In order to better promote green building practices, the Secretary of HUD should direct the appropriate program offices to consider working with DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a utility benchmarking tool for multifamily properties.

Green Affordable Housing: HUD Has Made Progress in Promoting Green Building, but Expanding Efforts Could Help Reduce Energy Costs and Benefit Tenants

Meanwhile, the "budget climate" that HUD inhabits, he acknowledges, is not promising.

Trouble on the home front: as McMansions crowd affordable housing out of the free market, how can a just society build a decent home for all?

Another criticism in the HUD report was that management failed to properly implement critical accounting policies in part due to the lack of a sound policy development framework.

Fannie Mae accounting shenanigans could spur more oversight

Architects, too, can do their part in preparing to approach HUD, according to Bruce Spear.

Uncle Sam at your service: securing public funding has pitfalls and drawbacks, but the socio-economic benefits can make all the hard work worthwhile

This $100 million heist went on under the nose of three layers of supposed oversight: the city, Congress, and HUD.

Developmental disability: HUD boondoggles show why bad government programs are so hard to kill. (Columns)

For more information about HUD, call 202/708-0685 or visit its Web site at www.

GRANTS GO TO DANCE

This distrust and suspicion of HUD is reflected in President Bush's budget guidelines.

Will HUD Fade Away?

HUD should expedite development of small business compliance guides for each of its rules.

INDUSTRY URGES FURTHER RELIEF THROUGH SBREFA

At the outset, I should say we have enjoyed our cooperative working relationship with HUD.

Statements to the Congress

Marilyn Davis, assistant secretary of HUD, was in Little Rock on March 30 to speak to the shrinking staff of the Arkansas HUD office and to hold a press conference to bolster President Clinton's economic strategy.