Low-income households

Second Grant Available to Those in Crisis

February 11, 2008 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that additional emergency home heating assistance is being made available to New York’s most vulnerable residents, in response to rising energy costs.    » read more »

Highlights Upstate Revitalization Fund’s Potential to Revitalize and Transform Communities

February 6, 2008 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced State investments for an affordable housing and commercial retail space in Rochester. Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) Commissioner Deborah VanAmerongen joined the Urban League of Rochester in breaking ground on the unique housing project that will convert a former parking lot, donated by the Eastman Kodak Company, into affordable housing and retail/commercial space.    » read more »

Program Seeks to Increase Enrollment among Eligible Working Families

February 4, 2008 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced the launch of the Working Families Food Stamp Initiative, an effort to dramatically expand and simplify Food Stamp eligibility statewide to help more families achieve economic security. By improving the efficiency of the program and streamlining enrollment, the State will provide needed assistance to families across New York who are struggling to get by.    » read more »

Allocation Plan To Include “Green” Principles; Tax Credits will be used to Encourage Smart Growth, Energy Efficiency

January 31, 2008 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today approved major changes to the State’s Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) which sets guidelines for the distribution of hundreds of millions of dollars in Federal and State Low Income Housing Tax Credits to affordable housing developers.    » read more »

01/30/2008 -- Senator Bernie Sanders and others are pushing to include home-energy assistance funding in an economic stimulus package the Senate is debating. Growing energy costs and cold weather have made additional funding a necessity for low-income families, seniors on fixed incomes and the disabled. Funding in the stimulus plan would be used immediately to help pay utility bills, jumpstart the economy and support small businesses that deliver heating fuels.    » read more »

January 24, 2008 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is calling on the Senate leadership to fully fund the Low-Income Housing and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for the current year. In a letter, Feingold requested additional fiscal year 2008 funds to provide a total of $5.1 billion—previous appropriations have only provided about 50 percent (or $2.6 billion) of the authorized funds. Feingold also recently urged that full funding be included in the President’s budget for next year, which will be released soon.    » read more »

Senate Bill Would Mandate HUD Replace All Low Income Housing Scheduled To Be Demolished

January 25, 2008 -- "Like so many Americans, we have followed with grave concern the devastation to Louisiana, Mississippi Alabama, and Texas in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.    » read more »

January 25, 2008 -- “From the earliest days after the worst natural disaster in American history, when Coast residents were sorting through the wreckage of their homes and dealing with containers from the port that had been strewn into neighborhoods by the storm, we knew it would be imperative to restore the port not only in the interest of economic development but also public safety. HUD’s approval of this important project will allow that to happen.    » read more »

January 23, 2008 -- Despite the support of more than 80 percent of Americans and the broad bipartisan support of the nation's governors, Congressional Republicans today blocked health care coverage for 10 million of America's low income kids. With all the Republican presidential hopefuls supporting Bush's veto of the children's health care bill, it's no wonder the American people are rejecting them and the idea of a third Bush term. [CBS News, 10/17/08]    » read more »

January 24, 2008 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced $1.76 million in grants to create and preserve 78 units of affordable housing across New York State. Affordable housing is a critical part of the Governor’s agenda for creating economic growth and opportunity. In his proposed 2008-09 State budget submitted to the Legislature this week, the Governor called for the creation of a $400 million Housing Opportunity Fund that would expand access to affordable housing statewide.    » read more »

$723 million in affordable housing assistance made available through comprehensive housing programs

January 24, 2008 -- (JACKSON, Mississippi) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour today announced a second round of funding that will pump an additional $112 million into the Small Rental Assistance program and spur development of more affordable rental housing units on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The additional funds will bring the program’s total allocation to $262 million and fund development of as many as 7,500 affordable housing units.    » read more »

New outreach effort to enroll more children in HAWK-I

January 24, 2008 -- DES MOINES, Iowa— Today, Iowa Governor Chet Culver launched an aggressive outreach program designed to insure more children in low- and modest-income households through the Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i) program.    » read more »

Jan 24, 2008 -- LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Governor Beebe today joined with community leaders and energy officials in calling for additional funding for the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP. Next week, advocates for low-income assistance will converge on Washington, DC, encouraging Congress to increase LIHEAP funding by $800 million to help elderly, disabled and low-income Americans offset increasing energy costs.    » read more »

January 23, 2008 -- JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri Governor Matt Blunt today applauded the Missouri House of Representatives for supporting his call to fully fund the program that helps low-income Missourians pay for their home heating costs.    » read more »

Michigan to receive additional $27 million

January 23, 2008 -- LANSING - Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced that Michigan will receive an additional $27.4 million in federal funding to be used for direct emergency service to clients through the Michigan Department of Human Services' Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to help protect Michigan citizens from the cold this winter.    » read more »