HUD Highlights E-Newsletter

SuperNOFA training
HUD's annual Super Notice of Funding Announcement (SuperNOFA) is out, and HUD is offering training, both online, and in person. Visit HUD's website for more information concerning Webcasts, In-person training and General info about HUD grants. Also check Grants.gov for grant opportunities (www.grants.gov/applicants/find_grant_opportunities.jsp).

Confirmation Hearing for New HUD Secretary
Steven C. Preston, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has been nominated by President Bush to be HUD's new Secretary. His confirmation hearing was held in Washington, DC, on May 22.

• Read remarks from the hearing, and learn more about Secretary-designate Preston.

Back to Basics
With the housing markets in turmoil, more and more families are going "back to the basics" of safe, sound, affordable housing by using FHA-insured mortgages to buy or refinance their homes. In the past seven months alone, FHA has insured more mortgages in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington than in either of the two previous years.

• Find out if FHA can work for you (www.fha.gov/).

Spotlight on Innovation
The Siskiyou subdivision in Ashland, OR is an affordable homeownership project in a community filled with culture, recreation, tourism and escalating housing prices. The project is an excellent example of how public/private partnerships can create beautiful, livable, yet affordable, housing in the Northwest.

Has your organization worked on an innovative housing or community development project? Are you willing to share your accomplishments? If so, we want to hear from you! We'd like to showcase these projects on our website, so we can all learn from one another.

Fair Housing Case Settled in Oregon
A Portland, Oregon apartment owner and management company have agreed to pay the parents of an autistic child $40,000 to settle a housing discrimination complaint.

• Read the news release

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HUD Highlights is an e-newsletter from HUD's Seattle Regional Office about HUD news, upcoming events, program updates and grant opportunities. If you received this newsletter from a friend, and would like to receive your own copy, please sign up for our mailing list.

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