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22. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Policies in Focus
• Overview
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• Medicare
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Community
Highlights of 2002 Funding
• En Espanol
• Assists over 130,000 low-income families with the down payment on their first home.
News
• Current News
• Press Briefings • Increases the number of community technology centers in high poverty
• Proclamations
• Nominations neighborhoods.
• Radio Addresses
• Discurso Radial (en
Espanol) • Renews all expiring rental subsidy contracts, which protects current families.
Appointments • Provides 34,000 additional low-income families with housing vouchers.
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• Expands the number of jurisdictions receiving assistance to house people with AIDS.
• Continues Community Block Grant formula funding at the 2001 level.
• Continues to reform the Section 8 program by implementing measures that improve
the utilization of vouchers.
• Photo Essays
• Standing for the • Rehabilitates or constructs 100,000 homes through the Renewing the Dream tax
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• Provides tax credit to financial institutions that match private Individual Development
Accounts to save for a first home, start a business, or pay for education.
Initiatives
The Down Payment Assistance Initiative will provide $200 million within the HOME Investment
Partnerships Program to match down payment assistance provided by third parties, up to
$1,500 per family. Funds will be administered by State housing finance agencies and each
year help over 130,000 first-time low-income homebuyers.
The Community Technology Centers Initiative will enhance the Department of Housing and
Urban Development's (HUD's) Neighborhood Networks program by providing $80 million in
competitive grants to help communities create or expand technology centers in high poverty
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/usbudgetlblueprintlbud22.html 9/26/2001
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