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WLS-TV
March 21, 2018
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday about the controversy over his agency's decision to order a ... Carson told the committee that he asked his wife Candy Carson to help him select used furniture stored in the basement of HUD's headquarters toÃâà...
Newsweek
March 21, 2018
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson has defended the removal of training materials for housing providers to prevent LGBT ... Earlier this month, the advocacy organization People for the American Way filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the HUD.
FederalNewsRadio.com
March 21, 2018
Johnson Joy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's chief information officer, suddenly resigned today. A HUD ... Joy told Federal News Radio in November he wanted to move HUD off of mainframe legacy systems and into the cloud, and implement virtual desktop interface (VDI) technology.
SFGate
March 21, 2018
During testimony before a House committee, Ben Carson said the Department of Housing and Urban Development's dining-room furniture needed to be ... A HUD spokesman initially denied that Carson and his wife had anything to do with the purchase and said the table was bought by "career staffers inÃâà...
HousingWire
March 20, 2018
And Monday, HUD announced that the HECM foreclosure moratorium is also extended until May 18, 2018. “Today, the Federal Housing Administration announced that due to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the U.S. Department of Housing andÃâà...
MarketWatch
March 16, 2018
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said the administration is "looking into" Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson's reported selecting of a $31,000 set for a HUD dining room. Carson has said the order was canceled after questions were raised about the price. Recently disclosedÃâà...
The Guardian
March 16, 2018
Jafry was contracted to work for Trump's housing and urban development department (Hud). His government email signature said his title was senior adviser. Jafry said he used his role to advocate for “microcities”, where managers privately set their own laws and taxes away from central governmentÃâà...
The Hill
March 16, 2018
An adviser at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has resigned after questions were raised about allegations of fraud and his biography, The Guardian reported on Thursday. The adviser, Naved Jafry, resigned from his role after The Guardian raised questions about him, includingÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 16, 2018
Recently released emails suggest that Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and his wife had a hand in choosing a $31,000 ... HUD has denied that Carson knew about or played any role in the dining set purchase, which prompted outrage from the public and lawmakers.
CNBC
March 16, 2018
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson directed the department's chief financial officer, Irving Dennis, to craft a new plan to fight waste, fraud and abuse. Dennis' added responsibilities come amid controversy over HUD's since-canceled purchase of an executive dining room set for moreÃâà...
RESPA News
March 12, 2018
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the city of Houston have announced a joint agreement designed to expand housing choice and mobility for lower income residents, including those experiencing homelessness and victims of Hurricane Harvey. The agreement requiresÃâà...
STLtoday.com
March 12, 2018
The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development says the law is too extreme and is penalizing Missouri by withholding $600,000 in housing funds. ... HUD notified the Missouri Commission on Human Rights in July that the law was out of compliance with the Fair Housing Assistance Act. Sen.
HousingWire
March 12, 2018
During the House Financial Services Committee markup to consider the committee's Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2019, Democrats offered several amendments when it comes to funding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and some of its programs as well as other keyÃâà...
Houston Public Media
March 12, 2018
This comes after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, which found some of the city's housing policies violated the Civil Rights Act. HUD initiated its investigation because the city refused to support the construction of a mixed-income apartment complex the HoustonÃâà...
City Limits
March 9, 2018
The administration's announcement comes about six weeks after the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that it was delaying ... In January, HUD delayed the rule's implementation until 2020, saying “HUD believes that program participants need additional time and technicalÃâà...
CNN
March 7, 2018
Washington (CNN) The Department of Housing and Urban Development is looking to remove anti-discrimination language from its mission statement, ... The move from HUD under the Trump administration to change its mission statement follows the US Citizenship and Immigration Services' update to itsÃâà...
CNBC
March 1, 2018
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson wants to rescind an order for a $31,561 set of furniture for HUD's executive dining room. HUD faces a complaint from top agency official Helen Foster, who says she was demoted after resisting requests to help Carson's wife, Candy, find more thanÃâà...
New York Times
February 28, 2018
WASHINGTON — Department of Housing and Urban Development officials spent $31,000 on a new dining room set for Secretary Ben Carson's office in late 2017 — just as the White House circulated its plans to slash HUD's programs for the homeless, elderly and poor, according to federal procurementÃâà...
CNBC
February 27, 2018
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development spends more than $31,000 on new furniture for Secretary Ben Carson's executive dining room. A former HUD official claims she was demoted for pushing back on efforts to have Carson's office renovated at a cost above the legal maximum ofÃâà...
Novogradac Company LLP
December 31, 1999
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $25 million in grants Jan. 17 to identify and eliminate lead-based paint hazards in public housing. The funding directs support to public housing agencies to evaluate and clean up lead-based paint hazards in older housingÃâà...
