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HUD Archives: 1997 News Releases
News releases from 1997. Henry Cisneros was Secretary through January 19, 1997 with Andrew Cuomo taking over as Secretary on January 29. (News releases are ordered by the date they were issued and have the news release number in parentheses following the link.)
- 1/07/97: Secretary Cisneros Warns "We Must Leave No One Behind As We Extend Opportunity To All" (97-01)
- 1/15/97: HUD Mortgagee Review Board Takes Action Against Hesperia, California Lender (97-05)
- 2/04/97: Statement of Housing Secretary Andrew M. Cuomo:"Best New Homes Sales Year Since 1978 (97-12)
- 2/06/97: President Proposes Almost and 30% Increase in HUD's FY '98 Budget (97-14)
- 2/10/97: 13 Bidders Win Multi Family Mortgages In Midwest Sale (97-13)
- 2/11/97: FHA Sales Program Reaches $2 Billion Mark in Budget Savings (97-15)
- 2/11/97: FHA Announces Mortgages Insurance Processing for Small Rental Apartment Projects (97-16)
- 2/26/97: Home Sales and Homeownership Increase (97-19)
- 3/07/97: HUD Issues Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Reviews (97-24)
- 3/10/97: HUD Commends Settlement of Case Against Nationwide Insurance (97-27)
- 3/12/97: HUD Helps Create Jobs and Revitalize SE Washington (97-28)
- 3/17/97: HUD Orders Halt to Charging Senior Citizens Thousands of Dollars Each
For Reverse Mortgage Information (97-31)
- 3/19/97: HUD Develops the Next Generation of Community Planning Software (97-34)
- 3/24/97: HUD and Justice Department Launch "Get Tough" Partnership
Against Bad Landlords Who Abuse Federal Housing Assistance in 50 Cities (97-36)
- 4/03/97: HUD Acts to Bar Bad Landlords In Five Cities From Federal Government
Contracts-"Get Tough" Crackdown Spreads Accross Nation (97-38)
- 4/04/97: HUD
Steps Up Crackdown on Crime, Illegal Drugs in Public Housing (97-40)
- 4/08/97: Gore and Cuomo Announce Federal Assistance to St. Petersburg (97-41)
- 4/08/97: HUD
Awards $90.8 Million Grants and Loans Guarantees to Create Homeownership
Zones in Baltimore, Buffalo, Clevland, Louisville, Philadelphia,
and Sacramento (97-43)
- 4/10/97: Legislation
To Stop Reverse Mortgage Rip-offs That Bilk Senior Citizens of
Thousands of Dollars Proposed by HUD and House and Senate Members (97-47)
- 4/11/97: Cuomo
Announces Innovative Welfare-to-Work Demonstration Targeting Public
Housing Residents in Seven Cities (97-49)
- 4/15/97: HUD
Warns Against Deceptive Pracitices By Home Improvement Loan Contractors
(97-45)
- 4/17/97: HUD
Announces $31 Million in Grants to Fund Welfare-to-Work Initiative
at 45 Public Housing Authorities (97-54)
- 4/22/97: HUD
Annnounces Millions in Disaster Assistance for North Dakota, South
Dakota and Minnesota (97-59)
- 4/23/97: Cuomo
and Rubin Propose Bill to End "Out of Whack" Rent Subsidies (97-60)
- 4/24/97: HUD
Announces Initiative Designed to Assist Homeowners Facing Financial
Hardship (97-51)
- 4/25/97: HUD Tells Bad Landlords: Your Lease Is Up (97-61)
- 4/30/97: FHA
Connection Gives Lenders the Ability to Perform Tasks On the Internet (97-62)
- 5/02/97: Cuomo Announces $21.8 Million in Economic Development Loans, Creating Hundreds of Jobs in Eight Cities (97-64)
- 5/04/97: Cuomo
Appoints Margaret Sullivan As HUD Chief of Staff (97-69)
- 5/15/97: College
Station, Arkansas, to Get Rebuilding Assistance; Housing Secretary
Cuomo Signs Agreement With Community Leaders (97-74)
- 5/15/97: HUD's
Operation Safe Home Steps Up Effort to Rid Butler County, Ohio,
Public Housing of Crime, Illegal Drugs (97-76)
- 5/17/97: Cuomo
Will Urge Veto of House Public Housing Bill that Abandons Poor
Families (97-78)
- 5/20/97: HUD
Takes Action Against Mississippi Housing Authority Executive Director (97-80)
- 5/21/97: Information,
Safe Communities Weigh Heavily in Shaping Attitudes Toward Public
Housing, Study Finds (97-79)
- 5/21/97: HUD
Commends Work of National Fair Housing Alliance (97-81)
- 5/25/97: As
the Nation Observes Memorial Day, Cuomo Announces Homeless Assistance
For America's Veterans (97-83)
- 5/28/97: Head
of Richmond Housing Authority Recieves HUD Award for Efforts in
Support of National Witness Relocation Program (97-86)
- 5/29/97: Cuomo
Announces Homeownership Protection Initiative to End Contractor
Ripoffs in HUD'S Home Improvement Loan Program (97-85)
- 6/10/97: Cuomo
Announces $5 Million in Loan Guarantees Pipeline For Burned-Out
Churches & Awards First $668,000 (97-92)
- 6/12/97: President
Announces Cut in Home Mortgage Insurance Premium to Reduce Homeownership
Costs for $600,000 Families Each Year and Help Boost Homeownership
Rate to Record Level (97-90)
- 6/12/97: HUD
Publishes New Guide to Help Homeowners Understand The Buying and
Settlement Process (97-94)
- 6/12/97: Cuomo
Announces Initiatives to Boost Homeownership and Create 2 Million
New Urban Homeowners by Year 2000 (97-95)
- 6/15/97: Clinton
Administration Frees First Disaster Assistance For Upper Midwest,
Including $50 Million For Grand Forks (97-98)
- 6/18/97: Cuomo
Praises New York's Use of $8 Million HUD Loan Guarantee to Help Turn
Manhattan's Historic Pier "A" Into Tourist Center (97-102)
- 6/19/97: HUD
Approves $16.1 Million in Assistance to Promote Economic Development
and Create Jobs in Six Cities (97-101)
- 6/22/97: Cuomo
Presents Award to Communities Across Nation For Outstanding Management
of HUD-Funded Programs (97-103)
- 6/23/97: President
Releases Report on State of the Cities Citing Progress And Challenges
Ahead (97-106)
- 6/23/97: President
Clinton Announces Urban Homestead Initiative To Boost Homeownership
In America's Cities (97-107)
- 6/26/97: Cuomo
Announces Historic Management Reforms For HUD to Stamp Out Waste, Fraud,
and Abuse and Improve Performance (97-109)
- 6/30/97: HUD
Clears Way For Faster Eviction of Criminals From Public Housing
in North Carolina (97-111)
- 7/01/97: HUD
To Award $744 Million For Programs To Reduce Homelessness, Create
Jobs and Fight Crime and Drugs (97-112)
- 07/15/97: HUD Program to Help 60 Disadvantaged and Minority Students Start Careers in Community Service (97-118)
- 07/16/97: Cuomo Announces Settlement of Five Fair Housing Complaints, Calls for National Accessibility Study (97-121)
- 7/22/97: U.S.
Homeownership Rate Hits 65.7% -- Highest Level in 17 Years As
Number of Households Owning Homes Reaches Record 67.1 Million (97-123)
- 7/22/97: Gore,
Cuomo Seek New Empowerment Zones & Enterprise Communities
and Announce Over $160 Million in New Grants and Loans (97-124)
- 7/29/97: Cuomo
Names FBI Agent to Lead HUD Fight on Waste, Fruad and Abuse, Announces
Agreement with Justice Department and Steps Up Crackdown on Public
Housing Violators (97-127)
- 7/29/97: Cuomo
Says Tax Agreement Good News For America's Cities (97-128)
- 8/01/97: Cuomo
Announces $11.6 Million in Grants For Communities in California
Under New HUD Disaster Recovery Program (97-129)
- 8/01/97: Cuomo
Announce $557,750 in Grants For Communitities In New Hampshire
Under New HUD Disaster Recovery Program (97-130)
- 8/01/97: Cuomo
Announces $2 Million In Grants For Communitities In Nevada Under
New HUD Disaster Recovery Program (97-131)
- 8/01/97: Cuomo
Announce $1.4 Million In Grants For Communitites In Arkansas Under
New HUD Disaster Recovery Program (97-134)
- 8/04/97: Cuomo
Announces $29.3 Million In Grants For Communities in Puerto Rico
Under New HUD Disaster Recovery Program (97-133)
- 8/04/97: Cuomo
Announces $4.8 Million In Grants For Communities in Washington
State Under New HUD Disaster Recovery Program (97-137)
- 8/05/97: HUD
to fight Discrimination, Boost Minority Homeownership and Work
With Urban League To Further Goals (97-135)
- 8/06/97: Minnesota Communities Get $92 Million In Grants Under New
HUD Disaster Recovery Program (97-138)
- 8/06/97: Cuomo
Says North Dakota Communities Get $201 Million In Grants Under
New HUD Disaster Recovery Program Initiative (97-136)
- 8/08/97: Further
Information:The State will distribute its grant to other communities
in Ohio hit by the disaster (97-141)
- 8/10/97: Statement
by Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo on Renting to Relatives (97-144)
- 8/13/97: HUD
and AFGE Union Reach Agreement to Implement Management Reforms
to Improve HUD's Performance and Safeguard Interests of Employees. (97-145)
- 8/14/97: Cuomo
Announces $131 Million in HUD Assistance To Launch Historic Canal
Initiative to Revitalize Upstate NY Economy (97-146)
- 8/15/97: Cuomo
and Babbit Announce New Steps to AID Communitities Along NY's
Erie Canal Corridor (97-151)
- 8/19/97: Cuomo
Announces $35.7 Million In Grants For Communitities In North Carolina
Under New HUD Disaster Relief (97-152)
- 8/19/97: Cuomo
Says New HUD Report Shows Strong Housing Sector (97-153)
- 8/21/97: Cuomo
Announces $3.45 Million in Grants For Communities in West Virginia
Under New HUD Disaster Relief (97-155)
- 9/3/97: Cuomo
Announces 25 Colleges and Universities will recieve $7.3 Million
Under HUD Program to Spur Urban Revitalizaton (97-162)
- 9/5/97: New
York City Mortgage Company Agrees to Pay HUD up to $2 Million
For Marketing Fraudulent HUD-Insured Home Loans (97-165)
- 9/8/97: HUD
Headquarters Relocates To Dallas For A Day as Cuomo Announces
$47.4 Million to help Revitalize City's Core (97-166)
- 9/17/97: HUD
Protects Homebuyers From Mortgage Interest and Fee Overcharges
In Move to Save Americans Millions Each Year (97-168)
- 9/18/97: Cuomo
Says $100,000 Settlement of Suit Against NYC Landlord Shows HUD
has Zero Tolerance of Illegal Housing Discrimination (97-178)
- 9/23/97: Cuomo
Announces National Academy of Public Administration Will Redesign
Procurement Operations at HUD (97-179)
- 9/24/97: Clinton
Administration Awards $6.5 Million In Grants to Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (97-181)
- 9/26/97: Cuomo
Announces $5 Million in HUD Economic Development Loans to Louisville,
KY to Increase Homeownership and Loans (97-182)
- 9/26/97: Cuomo
Announces $200,000 In Economic Development Loans to Trenton, NJ
to Help Purchase Home Rubber Co. and Save 43 Jobs (97-183)
- 9/26/97: Cuomo
Announces $5 Million in Economic Development Loans To Washington,
D.C. For a Community Development Bank (97-184)
- 9/26/97: Cuomo
Announces $29 Million in Economic Development Loans to Philadelphia,
Creating Homes and Jobs for Local Residents (97-185)
- 9/26/97: Cuomo
Announces $2 Million In Economic Development Loans to Danville,
VA Creating Jobs for Local Residents (97-186)
- 9/30/97: Clinton
Administration Cracks Down on Housing Discrimination With New
Charges and $15 Million in Grants (97-187)
- 10/6/97: Cuomo
Tells Mortgage Bankers HUD will Increase Homeownership by Improving
FHA and Launching New Intiatives (97-191)
- 10/7/97: Clinton
Administration Awards $28 Million in Grants For Public Housing
to Buffalo and $498.3 Million Nationwide (97-192)
- 10/7/97: Clinton
Administration Awards $58.6 Million in Grants for Public Housing
to Pennsylvania and $498.3 Million Nationwide (97-194)
- 10/7/97: Clinton
Administration Awards $16.1 Million For Public Housing For Peoria,
IL and $498.3 Million Nationwide (97-195)
- 10/7/97: Cuomo
Urges Congress to Pass Historic Housing Reform Legislation to
Save TaxPayers Millions and Preserve Affordable Housing Into the
Next Century (97-196)
- 10/8/97: Clinton
Administration Awards $6.5 Million For Kansas City Public Housing
Revitalization and $498.3 Million Nationwide (97-199)
- 10/9/97: Clinton
Adminisration Awards $27.8 Million For Public Housing to North
Carolina and $498.3 Million Nationwide (97-200)
- 10/9/97: Clinton
Administration Awards $57.1 Million For Public Housing to Viriginia
and $498.3 Million Nationwide (97-201)
- 10/9/97: Cuomo
Says Approval of Bill Solves Section 8 Crisis by Preserving Affordable
Housing and Saving Tax Payers Billions (97-203)
- 10/9/97: Cuomo Says Approval of Bill Solves Section 8 Crisis by Preserving Affordable Housing and Saving Taxpayers Billions (97-204)
- 10/10/97: Clinton
Administration Announces Grant Award of $21.2 Million For Public
Housing to Houston, TX and $498.3 Million Nationwide (97-205)
- 10/13/97: Cuomo
Announces HUD Action on Four Housing Discrimination In Follow-up
to Crackdown Announced by President (97-207)
- 10/13/97: Cuomo
Announces Agreement to Protect Rhode Islanders from Lead Paint
Hazards in HUD-Subsidized Section 8 Housing (97-210)
- 10/14/97: Cuomo
Announces $17.7 Million in HUD Aid For Housing Elderly and Disabled
in Massachusettes and $595.6 Million Nationwide (97-208)
- 10/14/97: Cuomo
Announces $7.5 Million in HUD Aid For Housing Elderly and Disabled in Rhode Island and $595.6 Million
Nationwide (97-209)
- 10/17/97: Connecticut
Landlord Agrees to Pay Government $400,000 Under Crackdown by
HUD and Justice Department (97-198)
- 10/17/97: HUD
Headquarters Relocates to Las Vegas for a day as Cuomo Announces
Assistance for Area (97-213)
- 10/20/97: Cuomo
Announces $71.8 Million In HUD Aid for housing Elderly and Disabled
in New York and $595.6 Million Nationwide (97-221)
- 10/21/97: Cuomo
Continues HUD Crackdown on Housing Discrimination with Charges
Rising Out of Threat to Black Family in W. Virginia (97-215)
- 10/21/97: Cuomo
Announces $25.8 Million in HUD AID for Housing Elderly and Disabled
in Illinois and $595.6 Million Nationwide (97-216)
- 10/21/97: Cuomo
Announce $19.9 Million in HUD Aid for Housing Elderly and Disabled
In North Carolina and $595.6 Million Nationwide (97-217)
- 10/21/97: Statement
by HUD Secretary Cuomo on St. Petersberg (97-226)
- 10/24/97: Cuomo
Announces $31.5 Million In HUD Aid for housing Elderly and Disabled
in Pennsylvania and $595.6 Million Nationwide (97-222)
- 10/24/97: Cuomo
Announes $2.8 Million in Grants For Communities in Idaho Under
New HUD Disaster Recovery Initiative (97-236)
- 10/28/97HUD
issues Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Reviews; Reports Suggest
Lessons To Be Learned For Round Two Zones - HUD Progress Cited
In Most Communities; HUD Also Warns Five Cities of Decertification (97-241)
- 10/27/97: Cuomo
Says Bill Solves Section 8 Crisis
By Preserving Affordable Housing and Saving Taxpayers Billions (97-242)
- 10/27/97: Cuomo Announces $700,000 to Train Young People in Oregon (97-244)
- 10/28/97: Cuomo Approves $60 Million in New Loan Guarantees for Detroit (97-246)
- 10/30/97: Cuomo Announces Plan to Help Residents of HUD-Assisted Housing (97-248)
- 10/31/97: Clinton Administration Awards $498.3 Million to Transform Public Housing (97-250)
- 11/03/97: HUD Continues Crackdown on Waste, Fraud and Abuse (97-251)
- 11/03/97: Cuomo Announces $19.6 Million for Housing for People with HIV/AIDS (97-252)
- 11/04/97: Cuomo Announces $595.6 Million for Elderly & Disabled (97-253)
- 11/06/97: Cuomo Creates New Center for Community & Faith-Based Groups (97-260)
- 11/07/97: Gore Announces $217.3M to Fight Crime/Drugs in Public & Assisted Housing (97-254)
- 11/07/97: Cuomo Announces Housing Discrimination Settlement in Georgia (97-257)
- 11/10/97: Clinton Announces "Make `em Pay" Crackdown for Hate Acts (97-261)
- 11/11/97: Cuomo Blocks Five from AL and CA from Doing Business with Government (97-262)
- 11/12/97: Cuomo Calls on House to Pass Bill to Stop Senior Citizen Scam (97-263)
- 11/15/97: HUD & Realtors Join Forces to Expand Minority Homeownership (97-267)
- 11/14/97: HUD HQs Relocates to New Orleans for a Day (97-268)
- 11/14/97: Cuomo Announces $10 Million in Loan Guarantees for Jazzland (97-269)
- 11/19/97: Clinton Administration Announces Campaign for Lead-Safe America(97-274)
- 11/21/97: HUD Acts to Bar 27 People & 6 Firms Convicted in Texas Fraud (97-275)
- 11/24/97: HUD Launches Drive to Refund $70 Million to 100,000 Homebuyers (97-276)
- 11/20/97: HUD Report Documents Strong U.S. Housing Market (97-277)
- 11/25/97: Cuomo announces discrimination charges against VA apartment complex (97-278)
- 12/02/97: Cuomo Awards $45.9 Million for Relocation Aid & Replacement Housing (97-279)
- 12/02/97: HUD Bars 10 People Convicted in Boston Drug Conspiracy (97-280)
- 12/02/97: HUD and NFFE Local Unions Finalize Agreement on Management Reforms (97-281)
- 12/04/97: HUD Headquarters Relocates to Miami-Dade for a Day(97-283)
- 12/04/97: Cuomo Approves $13 Million in Loan Guarantees for Miami-Dade(97-284)
- 12/05/97: Cuomo Announces Housing Discrimination Charges Against Louisiana Landlord (97-285)
- 12/08/97: Cuomo Announces Homeless Line & Drive to help them during winter (97-287)
- 12/10/97: Cuomo Awards $36 Million in HUD Grants to Help Public Housing Residents (97-286)
- 12/10/97: Survey of Mortgage Lending Activity (97-289)
- 12/12/97: HUD & USDA Launch New Partnership to Revitalize Canal Corridor (97-290)
- 12/15/97: HUD Acts Against 6 People and 3 Companies in Crackdown on Waste, Fraud & Abuse in IL, MA, MO AND NY (97-293)
- 12/15/97: Cuomo Says Newly Confirmed Officials Will Strengthen HUD (97-294)
- 12/16/97: November Housing Starts Signal Housing Market's Continued Growth (97-296)
- 12/18/97: Cuomo Announces HUD Posts Mortgage Lender List on Internet (97-291)
- 12/18/97: Cuomo Announces $40.2 Million in HUD Assistance to Philadelphia (97-299)
- 12/23/97: Secondary Market Prices, Yields & Interest Rates For Home Loans (97-297)
- 12/22/97: Gore & Cuomo Announce $865 Million in Homeless Assistance (97-300)
- 12/30/97: HUD Requests Public's Views on Regulation of Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae's Non-Mortgage Investments(97-302)
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