Housing and Urban Development
The City of Dallas has about $32 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to spend this budget year. The HUD funds will go toward housing programs covered by the city’s Community Development Block Grant program and Home Investment Partnerships Program, among other initiatives. City Council members were briefed Wednesday on how they…
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The Dallas City Council has until mid-May to come up with an action plan for about $40 million in Community Development Block Grant and disaster recovery funds tied to specific uses and locations. The city also is facing a homelessness crisis, prompting leaders to surmise that there could be a win-win solution for a “tiny…
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Being poor is no picnic in a thousand little ways. People give the poor grief for using food stamps to buy junk food and sugary drinks. And now, a study using data from the New York State Department of Health hints at a partial reason: Food manufacturers know food stamps are issued monthly and typically…
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