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News Articles: HUD

Keisha Gibson at the motel room she shares with her seven children. Gibson's children meet the definition of homeless twice over under a federal education law. As a family and under federal housing law they do not, locking Gibson and her kids out of housing aid the could better help her kids succeed in school.

Housing aid doesn't always reach homeless youth. Here's how educators aim to help

Educators say helping homeless students find a stable address is incredibly important. But before that can happen, there has to be agreement that kids are even homeless in the first place. 

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A number of studies have found that Black-owned homes are undervalued when compared to those of white homeowners. This is especially true in historically Black neighborhoods. A 2018 report by the Brookings Institution finds that adds up to $156 billion in cumulative losses for Black homeowners.

A Black Woman Says She Had To Hide Her Race To Get A Fair Home Appraisal

Two low home appraisals spurred a Black woman in Indianapolis to administer her own fair housing test. The result led her to file a complaint alleging housing discrimination.

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  • Jill Sheridan
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it is the first department to implement Biden's executive order to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

HUD To Probe Housing Bias Cases Involving Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity

The move follows an executive order by President Biden to expand protections for LGBTQ people in health care, housing and education.

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  • Laurel Wamsley
Housing discrimination against communities of color also involves lenders, local zoning laws and other issues, says Andre Perry, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Biden's Push Against Housing Discrimination Must Go Beyond HUD, Researcher Says

Andre Perry of Brookings says discrimination against communities of color also involves lenders, zoning laws and other issues in which the Department of Housing and Urban Development is less involved.

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  • Rachel Martin and
  • Avie Schneider
Health officials say more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. are living with HIV, but 20 percent of them don't know it. Health officials say HIV testing is critical to stopping the spread of the virus.

Emergency Funding Approved To Avert Atlanta's HIV Housing Crisis

As federal money pours into Georgia to end new HIV infections, hundreds of people living with HIV and AIDS are being threatened with eviction. Nonprofit...

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Homelessness In Atlanta Declines, But Fulton County Remains Near Top Nationally

Millions of Americans are teetering on the brink of poverty, according to a new report from Prosperity Now that says 40 percent of all U.S. households –...

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President Donald Trump speaks during a "Friends of Ireland" luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 16, 2017.

How Will Proposed Trump Budget Affect Georgia?

The Trump administration unveiled its proposed 2018 budget Thursday morning. Unsurprisingly, the budget calls for significant increases in military and...

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Secretary Julián Castro discusses the addition of five westside Atlanta neighborhoods to HUD's Promise Zone Communities program while Atlanta city officials look on Monday at M. Agnes Jones Elementary School.

Westside Atlanta Neighborhoods Added To Federal Promise Zone Communities Program

The Obama Administration has added five westside Atlanta neighborhoods with high levels of poverty and unemployment to its Promise Zone Communities...

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