Arkansas News Releases

2003 - 2004

• Bush Administration Delivers $3.2 Million in Community Development and Housing Funds for Little Rock (05/14/2003)
• Bush Administration Delivers $1.3 Million in Community Development and Housing Funds for Pine Bluff, Arkansas (05/14/2003)
• Bush Administration Delivers $680,000 in Community Development Funds for Jonesboro, Arkansas (05/14/2003)
• Bush Administration Awards $140,055 in Fair Housing Grants to Continue Fight Against Housing Bias in Arkansas (01/13/2004)
• It's "EZ" for Businesses to Save Millions in Taxes (03/23/2004)
• HUD Secretary Jackson Announces More Than $1.4 Million in Downpayment Assistance for First-Time Homebuyers (06/02/2004)
• Bush Administration Awards $526,087 to Boost Economic Development and Housing in Rural Arkansas (07/15/2004)
• Bush Administration Announces $41.4 Million to Stimulate Economic Development and Housing in Arkansas (08/09/2004)
• HUD Charges Arkansas Landlords With Violation of Fair Housing Act (09/14/2004)
• Bush Administration Announces More Than $7 Million for Housing for Very Low-Income Elderly and People With Disabilities in Arkansas (10/27/2004)
• Bush Administration Announces $43.7 Million in Housing Counseling Grants for Low Income Families
  (11/02/2004)
• Pulaski Technical College Receives $397,832 HUD Grant for Youth Skills and Leadership Training (12/13/2004)

2005 - 2006

• Bush Administration Announces $5.5 Million to Help Homeless Individuals and Families in Arkansas (01/25/2005)
• Bush Administration Announces $4 Million in Grants to House and Serve Thousands of Homeless Individuals
  and Families in Arkansas (12/20/2005)
• Bush Administration Announces More Than $8 Million to Help Very Low-Income Elderly and People With
  Disabilities in Arkansas (01/05/2006)
• HUD Announces $7 Million for Affordable Housing and Community Development in Arkansas (03/23/2006)
• Bush Administration Awards $429,000 Grant to The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (09/15/2006)
• Bush Administration Announces More Than $7.2 Million to Help Very Low-Income Elderly and People With Disabilities in Arkansas (11/07/2006)
• Jackson Announces $400,000 Grant to Texarkana to Give At-Risk Young People Careers Building Affordable Housing (12/01/2006)

2007 - 2008

• HUD Awards More Than $4 Million in Grants to Homeless Programs Throughout Arkansas (02/20/2007)
• HUD Awards $249,000 in Funding to Promote Self-Sufficiency in Lonoke County (02/22/2007)
• HUD Announces $1.3 Million for Affordable Housing and Community Development in Fort Smith (07/17/2007)
• Fayetteville and Russellville Receive $600,000 in Grants from HUD for Affordable Housing and Economic Development (09/21/2007)
• Arkansas Receives $203,000 in HUD Housing Counseling Grants (10/24/2007)
• Bush Administration Announces More Than $4.6 Million to Help Very Low-Income Elderly and People With Disabilities in Arkansas (10/29/2007)
• HUD Awards $877,000 to Help Individuals Find Jobs in Arkansas (12/14/2007)
• Bush Administration Announces Support for Homeless Programs in Arkansas (12/21/2007)
• HUD Announces $7.6 Million for Affordable Housing and Community Development in Arkansas (03/27/2008)
• HUD Awards North Little Rock Housing Authority $508,000 to Provide Permanent Housing for 105 Homeless Veterans in Little Rock (05/06/2008)
• HUD Awards Fort Smith $250,000 for Affordable Housing and Economic Development in Rural Areas
  (09/04/2008)

2009

• HUD Awards $712,000 in Grants to Help Low-Income Arkansas Families With Section 8 Vouchers Get Job
  Training and Employment (01/06/2009)
• HUD Approves Neighborhood Stabilization Plan for State of Arkansas (01/09/2009)
• HUD Announces More Than $3.3 Million to Help House Very Low-Income Elderly in Arkansas (02/10/2009)
• Obama Administration Awards $5.3 Million in Grants to 23 Homeless Programs in Arkansas (02/17/2009)
• HUD Allocates More Than $88 Million of Recovery Act Funding to Arkansas One Week After Bill Signing (02/27/2009)
• HUD Awards $79,000 to North Little Rock and West Memphis Housing Authorities to Bring Jobs, Economic Independence to Public Housing Residents (03/06/2009)
• HUD Speeds $29 Million to All 106 Arkansas Public Housing Authorities to Improve Housing (03/31/2009)
• HUD Secretary Announces Disaster Assistance for Arkansas Storm Victims (04/28/2009)
• HUD Announces $70 Million in Disaster Assistance to Arkansas (06/10/2009)
• HUD Approves Six Arkansas Cities' Recovery Act Plans to Revitalize Neighborhoods and Create Jobs
  (07/16/2009)
• HUD Announces $36.6 Million for Affordable Housing and Community Development in Arkansas (08/04/2009)
• HUD Announces $2.5 Million Recovery Act Grant to Granite Mountain Senior Housing in Little Rock to Create Green Public Housing (09/18/2009)
• HUD Announces $2.8 Million in Recovery Act Grants to Make Green Improvements in Existing Arkansas Public Housing (09/24/2009)
• HUD Announces $205,000 in Housing Counseling Grants to Five Housing Counseling Organizations in Arkansas (10/15/2009)
• Obama Administration Awards $4,235,576 in Homeless Grants Throughout Arkansas (12/23/2009)

2010

• HUD Awards $81,000 to North Little Rock and West Memphis Housing Authorities to Help Public Housing Residents Obtain Jobs and Economic Independence (01/12/2010)
• HUD Awards $15 Million in Recovery Act Grants to Stabilize Neighborhoods, Rebuild Economies in Little Rock
  and North Little Rock (01/14/2010)
• HUD Secretary Announces Disaster Assistance for Arkansas Storm Victims (02/04/2010)
• Public Housing Authorities in Arkansas Meet Critical Recovery Act Deadline, Create 263 Jobs and Rehab 3,558 Homes for Low-Income Families (03/24/2010)
• HUD Announces $7 Million For Community Development and Affordable Housing in Arkansas (04/19/2010)
• HUD Announces $2.6 Million For Community Development and Affordable Housing in Arkansas (05/06/2010)
• HUD Awards $293,000 to Little Rock and Jonesboro to Promote Jobs, Self-Sufficiency, for Public Housing Residents (05/12/2010)
• HUD Secretary Donovan Announces $361,158 in Homeless Aid to Arkansas (07/07/2010)
• Obama Administration Announces More Than $3 Million to Help Arkansas' Very Low-Income Elderly and Persons With Disabilities (07/12/2010)
• HUD Announces $38.5 Million in Community Development and Affordable Housing in Arkansas (07/14/2010)
• HUD Regional Administrator Babers Announces That Over 170 Affordable Homes in Arkansas Will Become More Energy Efficient as a Result Of $2.7 Million Recovery Act Green Retrofit Awards (08/19/2010)
• Obama Administration Awards Additional $5,000,000 to Stabilize Arkansas Neighborhoods Hard-Hit by
  Foreclosure (09/08/2010)
• HUD to Provide Permanent Housing to 25 Homeless Veterans in Fayetteville, Arkansas (09/28/2010)
• HUD Announces Additional Support to Help Arkansas Homeowners Struggling With Unemployment and Facing Foreclosure (10/07/2010)
• HUD Awards $710,000 to Arkansas Organization to Promote Smarter and Sustainable Planning for Jobs and Economic Growth (10/14/2010)
• HUD Announces Pilot Program to Help Homeowners Pay for Energy Improvements to Their Homes (11/09/2010)
• HUD Announces that Recovery Act Funding has Prevented or Ended Homelessness for 5206 Persons in
  Arkansas (12/09/2010)
• HUD Funding Critical to Support More Than 500 Counseling Agencies Nationwide-5 Arkansas Grantees Receive $195,156 (12/23/2010)

2011

• HUD Awards $4.5 Million to Assist Homeless Programs in Arkansas - Part of Administration Plan to Prevent
  & End Homelessness (01/19/2011)
• HUD Awards $700,000 to 16 Arkansas Public Housing Authorities to Help Section 8 Families Become Self-Sufficient (03/24/2011)
• HUD Secretary Donovan Announces $781,000 in New Grants for Homeless Programs in Arkansas (04/28/2011)
• HUD Secretary Announces Disaster Assistance for Arkansas State Storm Victims (05/03/2011)
• HUD Announces Final FY2011 Block Grant Allocations in Arkansas (05/27/2011)
• HUD Awards Hot Springs Housing Authority $116,000 to Promote Jobs, Self-Sufficiency for Public Housing Residents (06/09/2011)
• HUD and NeighborWorks® America Announce Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program in Arkansas (06/20/2011)
• HUD Announces $33 Million for Community Development and Affordable Housing for the State, Fort Smith and Memphis for Remainder of FY2011 (08/09/2011)
• HUD Awards $2 Million to Promote Affordable Housing and Economic Development in Helena-West Helena (08/23/2011)
• HUD and Neighborworks® America Accepting Additional Applications for Emergency Homeowners' Loan Program (08/29/2011)
• HUD Awards $286,000 to Promote Jobs, Self-Sufficiency and to Provide Independent Living for HUD-Assisted Residents in Arkansas (09/14/2011)
• HUD Awards Arkansas $769,000 to Help Section 8 Families Receive Job Training, Employment (09/23/2011)
• HUD Announces $7.6 Million to Fund Housing for Very Low-Income Seniors and Persons With Disabilities in Arkansas (11/16/2011)
• HUD Awards $2.6 Million to the East Arkansas Planning and Development District for Sustainable Communities (11/21/2011)
• HUD Awards $4,445,771 to 28 Homeless Programs in Arkansas (12/20/2011)

2012

• HUD Awards $300,000 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant to Metropolitan Housing Alliance in Little Rock (01/10/2012)
• HUD Awards $241,155 to the Pine Bluff Housing Authority to Support Emergency, Safety and Security Needs in Public Housing (02/10/2012)
• HUD Awards Arkansas Housing Authorities Over $17.5 Million to Improve, Preserve Nation's Public Housing Stock (02/10/2012)
• White House and HUD Highlight Jonesboro Resident as a "Champion of Change" and Leader in Housing Counseling (02/29/2012)
• HUD Awards $1.8 Million for New Homeless Programs in Arkansas (03/13/2012)
• HUD Awards $64,000 in Counseling Grants to Help Families Find and Keep Housing in Arkansas (03/16/2012)
• HUD, VA Provide $181,750 for Permanent Housing and Support for Additional 50 Homeless Vets in Arkansas (03/27/2012)
• HUD Awards Arkansas Over $700,000 to Promote Jobs, Self-Sufficiency (09/21/2012)
• HUD Grants to Help the Elderly and People With Disabilities Continue to Live Independently at Home (10/09/2012)
• HUD Reports Slight Decline in Nation's Homelessness in 2012 (12/10/2012)

2013

• HUD Awards $300,000 Choice Arkansas Receives $4 Million from HUD to Continue Helping Homeless Persons and Families (03/13/2013)
• HUD Awards $653,000 to Five Programs in Arkansas to Continue Helping Homeless Persons and Families (05/02/2013)
• HUD & VA Team Up to Provide Permanent Homes to 30 Homeless Vets in Fayetteville (05/29/2013)
• Arkansas to Receive Over $86,000 for Housing Counseling (06/18/2013)
• The Affordable Care Act: Building Strong Families and Communities (07/25/2013)
• HUD Awards Arkansas Housing Authorities Over $16 Million to Improve and Preserve Public Housing Stock (08/08/2013)
• HUD & VA Announce $425,000 Grant to Metropolitan Housing Alliance in Little Rock to House/Serve Homeless Veterans (08/21/2013)
• HUD Awards the Housing Authority of the City of Hot Springs Almost $150,000 to Promote Resident Self-Sufficiency (09/28/2013)
• HUD Reports Decline in Homelessness in Little Rock and Delta Hills Since 2010 (11/21/2013)
• HUD Awards 16 Arkansas Housing Authorities $638,701 to Promote Family Self-Sufficiency (12/31/2013)

2014

• HUD Awards Over $16 Million to Improve, Preserve Public Housing in Arkansas (03/19/2014)
• HUD Provides $4.3 Million to Fund 24 Homeless Programs in Arkansas (04/08/2014)
• HUD Awards $91,000 in Housing Counseling Grants in Arkansas (05/22/2014)
• HUD Provides $464,772 in Additional Funds for Local Homeless Programs in Arkansas (06/19/2014)
• HUD Awards Nearly $665,000 to Help Low-Income Residents in Arkansas Receive Job Training and Employment (09/29/2014)
• HUD and VA Team Up to Help 25 Homeless Veterans in Arkansas Find Permanent Homes (10/01/2014)
• Arkansas Sees Total Number of Persons Experiencing Homelessness Decrease 23% Since 2013 (10/30/2014)
• Fort Smith Receives 27 Additional Housing Vouchers for Homeless Vets through HUD/VA Supportive Housing Program (12/08/2014)

2015

• HUD Awards $4.9 Million for Local Homeless Programs in Arkansas (01/26/2015)
• HUD Awards $16.3 Million in Arkansas to Improve, Preserve Nation's Public Housing (02/12/2015)
• HUD Awards $355,000 in Emergency Funding to Lake City Housing Authority in Arkansas for Critical Repairs (02/27/2015)
• HUD Awards $1.5 Million to Boost Economic Development in the Lower Mississippi River Delta Region (03/30/2015)
• HUD Awards Over $3.3 Million in Emergency Funding to the Searcy Housing Authority in Arkansas for Critical Repairs (03/31/2015)
• HUD Awards $83,000 in Housing Counseling Grants in Arkansas (04/14/2015)
• President Obama and Secretary Castro Announce Initiative to Extend High Speed Broadband Access for Students in HUD-Assisted Housing (07/15/2015)
• Homelessness in Arkansas Fell 12.8 Percent in 2015 (11/19/2015)
• HUD Awards Almost $700,000 to Help Low-Income Residents in Arkansas Find Employment and Job Training (12/17/2015)

2016

• Nicholas Ramon Jr. Named Deputy Regional Administrator for HUD's Southwest Region (02/05/2016)
• HUD Awards $16.8 Million to Improve, Preserve Public Housing in Arkansas (02/12/2016)
• HUD Awards $4 Million for Local Homeless Programs in Arkansas (03/08/2016)
• HUD Awards $422,618 for Local Homeless Programs in Arkansas (05/02/2016)
• HUD Allocates $3 Million to Arkansas Through the New Housing Trust Fund for Affordable Housing Development (05/04/2016)
• HUD and VA Team Up to Find Permanent Homes for 25 Homeless Veterans in Arkansas (06/02/2016)
• HUD Awards Housing Counseling Grants to Arkansas Agencies (06/21/2016)
• Zuleika Morales-Romero Named HUD San Antonio Field Office Director (07/06/2016)
• HUD Awards Over $650,000 for Arkansas Low-Income Residents to Receive Job Training and Employment (07/18/2016)
• HUD and AT&T Join Forces to Narrow the Digital Divide (09/07/2016)
• HUD Awards More Than $56 Million for Housing and Community Development Projects in 77 Tribal Communities (09/12/2016)
• HUD Reports Homelessness in Arkansas Declines in 2016 (11/17/2016)
• HUD Awards $81.5 Million to Florida Homeless ProgramsHUD Awards Over $4.2 Million to Arkansas Homeless Programs (12/20/2016)
• HUD and VA Announce Additional Arkansas Funding to Help More Homeless Veterans in Rural Areas Find Permanent Homes (12/22/2016)

2017

• Dr. Ben Carson Sworn in as HUD Secretary (03/02/2017)
• Beth Van Duyne Named HUD SW Regional Administrator (05/08/2017)
• HUD Awards Housing Counseling Grants in Arkansas (07/06/2017)
• Homelessness Increases in Arkansas (12/06/2017)
• HUD Marks 25 Years of Helping Families in Arkansas Become Self-Sufficient (12/15/2017)

2018

• HUD Awards $4.2 Million to Arkansas Homeless Programs (01/11/2018)
• HUD Awards Arkansas $125,000 to Fight Housing Discrimination (01/23/2018)
• HUD, VA Team Up to Help 25 Homeless Veterans Find Permanent Homes in Arkansas (04/06/2018)
• Leslie Bradley Named HUD Region VI Deputy Regional Administrator (05/09/2018)
• HUD Awards $24.7 Million to Improve, Preserve Nation's Public Housing in Arkansas (05/22/2018)
• HUD and DOJ Launch Public Awareness Campaign Against Sexual Harassment in Housing (07/23/2018)
• HUD Awards the Housing Authority of Fort Smith almost $75,000 to House Homeless Veterans (10/03/2018)
• Trump Administration Announces Decline in Veteran Homelessness (11/01/2018)
• Homelessness Increases in Arkansas for 2018 (12/17/2018)
• HUD Awards $171,065 to Promote Employment and Self-Sufficiency for Public Housing Residents in Arkansas (12/21/2018)

2019

• HUD Awards $4.1 Million to Help End Homelessness in Arkansas (02/08/2019)
• HUD Awards Arkansas Over $600,000 to Help Families Reach Self-Sufficiency (02/14/2019)
• Trump Administration Proposes 2020 HUD Budget (03/11/2019)
• HUD Awards Over $280,000 to Fight Housing Discrimination in Arkansas (04/17/2019)
• Texarkana, AR Receives $885,000 in HUD Loan Guarantees to Rehabilitate Former Boys and Girls Club into Community Recreation Center (05/30/2019)
• HUD Awards Three Arkansas Agencies Housing Counseling Grants (10/02/2019)
• Veteran Homelessness Declines in Arkansas 5.2 Percent in 2019 (11/12/2019)
• 15 Arkansas Housing Authorities Receive $658,122 to Help Families Reach Self Sufficiency (12/31/2019)

2020

• HUD Awards $4.1 Million to Arkansas Homeless Programs (01/14/2020)
• Trump Administration Proposes 2021 HUD Budget (02/10/2020)
• Russellville and Clarendon Housing Authorities Receive Funding from HUD for Carbon Monoxide Detectors (03/03/2020)
• Winter/Spring 2020 - The HUD Experience, HUD's Region VI-News Brief (03/25/2020)
• HUD Awards Legal Aid of Arkansas over $400,000 to Fight Housing Discrimination (03/25/2020)
• How to Get Help from HUD Now (03/27/2020)
• HUD to Allocate Over $4.7 Million to Help Protect Arkansas Public Housing Residents Impacted by COVID-19 (05/01/2020)
• HUD Provides Arkansas Public Housing Authorities Over $2.7 Million to Fight COVID-19 (05/05/2020)
• Arkansas Receives Over $8.1 Million from HUD to Bolster Coronavirus Response and Relief Efforts (05/11/2020)
• HUD Provides Arkansas with $15.9 Million in CARES Act Funding for Homeless Populations Amid Coronavirus Recovery (06/09/2020)
• HUD Awards $58,587 in Housing Counseling Grants for Arkansas (06/16/2020)
• The Riverview Hope Campus in Fort Smith, Arkansas is Designated as HUD EnVision Center (07/28/2020)
• The HUD Experience: HUD Region VI Third Quarter Newsletter (09/02/2020)

2021

• HUD Awards Arkansas Housing Authorities Over $24 Million to Improve, Preserve Public Housing (02/23/2021)
• Region VI Fair Housing Month Newsletter (03/30/2021)
• HUD Restores Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Requirement (06/10/2021)
• HUD Awards $3.7 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds for Emergency Housing Vouchers in Arkansas (06/10/2021)
• HUD Releases $350,000 to Legal Aid of Arkansas in American Rescue Plan Funds to Assist Victims of Housing Discrimination Related to the Coronavirus Pandemic (11/03/2021)

2022

• HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for Arkansas Disaster Survivors (01/04/2022)
• HUD Announces Over $4.2 Million in Awards to Help People in Arkansas Experiencing Homelessness (03/14/2022)
• Candace Valenzuela Joins HUD as Regional Administrator in the Southwest (03/18/2022)