Final Settlement on 17-year-old Thompson v HUD Case

On November 20, 2012, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a final settlement in Thompson v HUD, a 17-year-old civil rights case filed by African American public housing residents.  The case was filed against HUD, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), and the City of Baltimore.   The ...

Congress Receives Annual Financial Status Report

Last Friday, the Department of Housing and Urban Development released its report on the condition of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund.  The report concludes that the FHA continued to feel the losses on mortgages before 2009, but the report also states capital balances in the MMI Fund ...

Florida’s TRDA Pays $15 Million for False Claims

On November 20, 2012, the Justice Department announced that Florida’s Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) agreed to pay $15 million for violating the False Claims Act.  The violations were associated with grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Economic Development Administration ...

20 Millionth Home Loan Guaranteed under GI Bill

The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that it guaranteed the 20 millionth home loan since the home loan program was created by the GI Bill of Rights in 1944 after veterans from World War II returned home.  The 20 millionth home loan was guaranteed for asurviving spouse in Woodbridge, Virginia, after their spouse passed ...

Foreclosure Protection Granted for NY Storm Victims

Following the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced it will speed up federal disaster assistance for New York and give support to homeowners and renters with low income who were forced from their homes before and after the storm.   On October 30, President Obama announced ...

Jacintoport International Sued for False Claims

On October 29, 2012, the Department of Justice announced that the United States is suing Jacintoport International LLC for violating the False Claims Act.  The false claims relate to a warehousing and logistics contract that addresses the storage and delivery of food for humanitarian aid.   Jacintoport is a cargo handling ...

$5 Million Awarded for Revitalizing Neighborhoods

On October 11, 2012, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced that 17 communities within the United States will receive a total of $4.95 million to aid and revitalize public housing or HUD-assisted housing in certain distressed neighborhoods.   The winners of the grants were selected from 72 different applications ...

$101M to Help Farmers of Specialty Crops

  On October 1, 2012, the Department of Agriculture announced that $101 million in grants are going to producers of specialty crops like fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other foods.  About $55 million of the funds are going to 56 different crop block grants that fund 748 operations across the United States.  The Department ...

DC Government Set to Use 100% Green Power

Mayor Vincent Gray of Washington, DC and the city’s government were praised by the Environmental Protection Agency for the second year in a row after the Department of General Services (DGS) signed a contract to require 100 percent of the government’s electricity to come from green technology.  Last year, the District government ...

First Grants Awarded for Genomic Studies in Africa

On October 8, 2012, the National Institutes of Health announced that numerous grants were awarded to African scientists for research on kidney disease, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, tuberculosis, and African sleeping sickness.  The grants were offered by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Trust in London to ...

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