HUD: Nearly $4 Million Invested to Improve Housing for New Brunswick Families
New award will make significant climate resilience and energy efficiency renovations. Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) highlighted a $3,920,000 award to Lord Stirling Senior Housing in New Brunswick, New Jersey, under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) to support significant energy efficiency and climate resilience renovations for 38 HUD-subsidized homes. This Comprehensive loan…
CFPB: Rule Finalized on Federal Oversight of Popular Digital Payment Apps to Protect Personal Data, Reduce Fraud, and Stop Illegal “Debanking”
Final rule brings supervision to Big Tech and other widely used digital payment apps handling over 50 million transactions annually The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today finalized a rule to supervise the largest nonbank companies offering digital funds transfer and payment wallet apps. The rule will help the CFPB to ensure that these companies…
CDFI Fund: FY 2024 CDFI Program and NACA Program Technical Assistance Awards Announced
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced that 256 organizations received $76.32 million in Technical Assistance (TA) Awards to build their capacity to provide financial products and services to low-income and underserved people and communities across America. The Awards were made through the fiscal year (FY) 2024…
ABA: FDIC Urged to Withdraw Brokered Deposit Proposal
In a comment letter submitted today to the FDIC, the American Bankers Association called on the agency to withdraw proposed revisions to regulations concerning brokered deposits to avoid harming banks of all sizes and the customers they serve. The ABA letter argues that the proposal does not meet the legal standards required for rulemaking under the Administrative…
SBA: $240,000 Grant Awarded to the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development
New Native American Trade Expansion Program Pilot Award to Help Expand Exporting Opportunities to Native American-Owned Small Businesses Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden’s Cabinet for more 34 million small businesses, announced that the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development(Link is external) (NCAIED) is the first Native American Trade…
HUD: $73 Million Awarded to Support Grantees with Vital Technical Assistance
Funding will provide technical assistance and capacity-building for HUD grantees, local governments, and community organizations nationwide. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will award $73 million in cooperative agreements under the Community Compass Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program (Community Compass) to 34 non-profit and for-profit organizations, including 6 new organizations to help HUD…
HUD: Agency Commemorates National Native American Heritage Month 2024
During Native American Heritage Month, HUD’s Office of Native American Programs will host a national Native Homeownership and Asset Building Summit. The Summit will take place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 20-21, 2024, and it will include breakout sessions, a trade show, and community activities. Daily plenary sessions will feature remarks from local and Tribal…
HUD: Agency Successfully Delivers More Than $1.4 Billion in Housing Investments from Inflation Reduction Act
Final round of funding means families in 42 states, D.C., and Puerto Rico will see crucial climate resilience and energy efficiency renovations. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the final round of its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program, marking the successful delivery of more than $1.43 billion from President Joe Biden’s…
EDA: $3.1 Million Invested for Electrical and Wastewater Infrastructure Upgrades to Support Economic Growth in Warren, RI
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3.1 million grant to the town of Warren, Rhode Island, for electrical and wastewater infrastructure upgrades needed to boost economic growth in the region. This grant will provide for necessary electrical upgrades to the wastewater treatment facility, damaged…
EDA: $903,847 Invested to Support Tourism in Neah Bay, WA
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $903,847 grant to the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington, to support the local tourism industry. This grant will support an enhanced feasibility study of the Hobuck Beach Resort in preparation for the construction of a new…