By Devorah Ben-David Correspondent
Over 100 housing units in Portland will be analyzed for lead paint and other building hazards this year thanks to a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Portland's Housing Bureau in collaboration with REACH Community Development and the Multnomah County Health Department will use the Healthy Homes Production Grant to perform environmental assessments and improvements on 175 rental housing units in Portland. The money will also be used to train workers in lead hazard abatement as well as for public outreach.
more information available People wanting more information concerning the grant should contact Upper Explorerland at 563-864- 7551. Applications can be obtained at the Upper Explorerland office at 134 W. Green St., P.O. Box 219, Postville, Iowa, 52162. A grant of approximately $243,000 has been received by the Northeast Iowa Regional Housing Trust Fund to help make housing improvements for low-income residents of Clayton, Allamakee, Winneshiek and Howard counties.
By Angela Carter Register Staff acarter@nhregister.com NEW HAVEN -- When Yale law professor Robert Solomon took the reins at the Housing Authority of New Haven approximately 13 years ago, the quasi-public agency was in "troubled" status with its federal oversight agency, which also is its primary funding source.
DIAMOND BAR - Rep. Gary Miller helped secure $1.28 million in federal funds for street improvements in front of a planned housing/ retail center he co-owned, according to federal documents and statements from Miller. Miller, R-Brea, partnered with his top campaign contributor, Lewis Operating Corp. of Upland, to finance development of the 70- acre Diamond Bar Village, according to documents obtained from Diamond Bar city officials. Campaign watchdog groups said the federal spending - and Miller's investment in the development with a campaign contributor - are a conflict of interest.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 13, 2011, the Census Bureau released its annual Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage report, confirming a continued poverty rate increase over the majority of the last decade. In 2010, the poverty rate increased to 15.1 percent from 14.3 percent in 2009. Even more troubling is the 3% increase in poverty over the last decade. In 2010, 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty, the highest level on record in 52 years. Additionally, families across the nation lost ground as the median income dropped in 2010, widening the wealth gap. Most disturbing is that poverty continues to spread for the most vulnerable in our society, with one in five children, one in 11 seniors, and more than one in three female-headed households with chi...
The HELP loan literally saved my home, which was built during World War II by one of the 'Little Landers' who founded a Utopian community here," said [Michael Fleming], the first homeowner in the San Ysidro Project Area to participate in the forgivable loan program. Although Mr. Fleming is the first homeowner in the San Ysidro project area to take advantage of the program, more than 400 homeowners have benefited from the Redevelopment Agency's HELP program since its inception. Under the program, homeowners make interior and exterior repairs and improvements, ranging from new paint to roofs, furnaces, plumbing, solar panels and California-friendly landscaping. HELP loans are now available in 11 of San Diego's 17 redevelopment project areas: City Heights, College Grove, Crossroads, Grant...
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