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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . NDRC NOFA: Phase 2 Walkthrough This prerecorded webinar provides an overview of the Phase 2 NOFA Factors for the National Disaster Resilience Competition. Participants will learn: Understand the Phase 2 NOFA Factors. Training Point of Contact Sandy Patel | 210-710-7821 | Spatel@tdainc.org Access the Webinar Go to the Course detail page Watch the Recorded Webinar Review the Supportive Materials Select the Get Credit Button Note : You need a HUD Exchange Learn Account to Get Credit for this training To find out more information about upcoming ...

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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . NDRC: Design Innovation in Resilience This prerecorded webinar discusses some of the Rebuild by Design (RBD) approaches used by disaster-affected communities after Hurricane Sandy. Participants will learn: The Rebuild by Design (RBD) best practices. Training Point of Contact Sandy Patel | 210-710-7821 | Spatel@tdainc.org Access the Webinar Go to the Course detail page Watch the Recorded Webinar Review the Supportive Materials Select the Get Credit Button Note : You need a HUD Exchange Learn Account to Get Credit for this training To find out...

Honolulu has found an innovative new option for housing its growing homeless population. When Honolulu wanted to find a new way to help its growing homeless population, it turned to an unlikely source: Old city buses. "We were looking at solutions and options that are out there that are within our grasp," says Jun Yang, executive director of the office of housing for the City and County of Honolulu. "What do we have at our fingertips?" The local government had learned about Lava Mae, a new program in San Francisco that turns decommissioned buses into portable showers for the homeless. Honolulu, it turned out, also has a large supply of old buses. Right now, about 70 are slated to go out of service. Eventually, the buses would have been recycled and scrapped. "They would have run them to the ground," says Yang. "They would have run them beyond their useful life. At that point, they probably would have cannibalized th...

OPINION: Advocate recalls how "housing first" ethos 10 years ago helped city find permanent housing for people living in St. Vincent de Paul Park Lauren Siegel  July 8, 2015 at 12:43 pm  Story Link   19 Homeless veteran Larry Peterson watching on June 27 as city workers clear the encampment where he had been living on the side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Photo by: Ben Halvorsen Beginning in 2005, I found housing for 32 people who were homeless and living in the park adjacent to St Vincent de Paul Church, a tiny square of land that sits empty now, on the corner of Fayette and President Streets. Thanks to an experimental program called Housing First that provided some funds and housing vouchers – a city program – I was able to get them all into apartments, obtain furniture, and secure public benefits. Today, Housing First is not honored in practice. The city is  tearing down encampments  with no permanent housing in place...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Register Today: Emergency Solutions Grants Program: Using IDIS for Financial Management Webinar - July 23, 2015 - 2:00 PM EDT This presentation is the first of three webinars designed to provide an overview of how recipients can use IDIS for effective financial management of their Emergency Solutions Grants program. This introductory webinar reviews the implementation of Grant Based Accounting principles for ESG, highlights the key ESG financial management capabilities of IDIS data, identifies the components of ESG financial management reports in IDIS, and b...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . Guidance on Grant Based Accounting for Formula Grantees HUD has updated the Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) to phase out the first-in-first-out (FIFO) accounting methodology. These changes to  IDIS  ensure that formula grant funds are committed and disbursed in IDIS on a grant-specific basis, instead of using the FIFO (oldest money disbursed first) method that has been used for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Programs to dat...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . HUD Launches Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Page and Ask A Question on the HUD Exchange HUD is pleased to announce the launch of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Final Rule page and AFFH Ask A Question (AAQ) desk on the HUD Exchange. The AFFH page contains the latest news and resources about the rule. HUD has posted some preliminary fact sheets and guidance on the AFFH rule and will announce additional resources via the HUD Exchange mailing list. The HUD Exchange Ask A Question tool enables HUD’s customers to ask AFFH questions onlin...

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser . SNAPS In Focus: The Family Options Study As we continue our work on ending family homelessness in 2020, one of the goals of Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to End Homelessness , we are constantly looking for the most effective interventions that communities can implement and build upon. We have published several messages highlighting the importance of ending family homelessness and providing information to communities on how they can develop approaches that help families to move quickly into housing and prevent returns to homelessness. Today, I want to ...