HUD will help City of Houston redevelop Housing Department

First HUD project of its kind

Jay Blazek Crossley, Nov 29, 11.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development will invest half a million dollars to help the City of Houston rebuild its Housing and Community Development Department, according to KUHF.

The project is the first of its kind and is in response to a request from Mayor Annise Parker, who asked for help rebuilding the department while shaking up its leadership at the beginning of her first term as Mayor of Houston.

The three year project will target some specific neighborhoods while revamping the whole department, according to the Houston Chronicle:

The effort will focus on improving the department’s management, forming a strategy to guide its spending, and developing an equity fund to direct private dollars to neighborhood revitalization projects.

Federal staff and various nonprofit groups will be involved, including Enterprise Community Partners, Local Initiatives Support Corporation and the Corporation for Supportive Housing.