Department of Housing and Urban Development

Politics and Government

Syracuse housing programs could be cut if federal block grant goes away

Tom Magnarelli

The Community Development Block Grant is funding distributed by the federal government to local governments and states to use on housing and economic and…
Politics and Government

Kessner wants new HUD program to help end Section 8 discrimination in Syracuse

Tom Magnarelli

About 11, 000 people in Onondaga County use housing choice vouchers or Section 8. It is legal in Syracuse and other parts of the state, for landlords to…
Politics and Government

Nonprofits move forward with a new way to help the homeless

This week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded more than $42 million to homeless housing programs across New York state.…