Friends and Family Plan at HUD?

Remember when HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson touched off a flap last year by telling a minority business organization that he had cancelled a federal ... Journal recounted, Jackson told the group: "He had made every effort to get a contract with HUD for 10 ... . That's the way I believe." Jackson later insisted the story was purely apochryphal and HUD's Ins [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 14:55:09
Blog: Swampland - TIME...

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Remove that icky HUD in GoW

Filed under: Fan stuff, Gears of War Aspiring Gears of War machinima creators out there will be happy to know that the director's nightmare of a HUD ... , the HUD removal video, button sequence and directions are posted over on crpgchamp's YouTube page under the details section. So now you have the entire screen as your recording real estate, HUD remov [more...]

Date: 2007-04-25 15:00:00
Blog: Xbox 360 Fanboy...

[IMG]NJ: Feds Investigating HUD Secretary

NJ: Feds Investigating HUD Secretary By Paul Kiel - October 4, 2007, 3: ... are exploring whether Jackson, despite that testimony, had actually lined up a contract at the HUD ... an 18-month period, according to figures provided by HUD and a former HANO official. The work [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 04:19:08
Blog: TPMmuckraker | Talking ...

it's changed

the demographics have all changed they can write their statistics and sit at their desks but unless you get there yourself you can never know the ... to qualify for disability and Medicaid if the woman has children she's locked in with HUD and Section 8 Housing which is one fund that doesn't seem to dry up as quick plenty of HUD landlords coz [more...]

Date: 2007-10-07 14:58:07
Blog: upside down purple pop...

Comparing Presidents, Home Ownership Society

This post is on spending on homeownership rates and how they changed over time. And yes, I’ll look at how it changed by administration. Why not? ... , the President funds programs that help people buy homes. There’s HUD. There are tax incentives ... s a speech by GW at HUD talking about some of his plans. And here’s a vintage Angry Bear piece… Kash [more...]

Date: 2007-07-12 12:11:20
Blog: Angry Bear...

HANH OKs Budgets In "Insane" Process

Racing to meet Aug. 1 deadlines, the housing authority's Board of Commissioners approved a $22 million projected budget for low-income ... and Urban Development (HUD) on all its programs and priorities for the coming year. HANH is one of 32 ... that this is an insane process, because HUD requires us to approve a budget without our knowing [more...]

Date: 2007-07-27 21:20:37
Blog: New Haven Independent :...

Katrina housing aid extended; program to be transferred to HUD

The Bush administration yesterday announced that it would extend temporary housing assistance to survivors of Hurricane Katrina for another 18 months, ... this unprecedented tragedy," Gulf Coast Rebuilding Coordinator Donald Powell said in a statement ... to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by Sept. 1. GCR, HUD and FEMA said they would [more...]

Date: 2007-04-19 21:57:08
Blog: Facing South...

Nonprofit’s Sue HUD for Barring Them From Providing Down Payment Assistance

Reaction was swift to the HUD ruling yesterday to bar nonprofit’s from helping homeowners with down payment assistance on the FHA program ... some 230,000 low-income and minority homebuyers, sued the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban ... (c)(3) charitable entity dedicated to helping low and moderate income families purchase their own homes, announced [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 20:50:09
Blog: Arizona Mortgage Guru ...

Are you leaving too much on the table?

I received a phone call from one of the agents I work with who is representing a seller requesting my opinion on another lender’s closing costs ... the seller.    Ima Agent asked me to review the estimated HUD-1 Settlement Statement to see if I thought the fees were in line. Here is what the HUD shows (I’ve skipped the lines [more...]

Date: 2007-04-18 01:37:59
Blog: Rain City Guide | A Se...

HG-100 goes through FCC - looks beat up

The HG-100 GPS based heads up display we mentioned here at Navigadget makes it through FCC - but during photoshoot it doesn’t ... hope. hg-100-gps-02.jpg HG-100 is a device that combines Heads-Up Display (HUD), GPS, and Bluetooth. With HUD, car heading and speed are being projected onto the windshield so drivers can keep [more...]

Date: 2007-06-19 11:18:17
Blog: NaviGadget -- GPS Navig...

The foreclosure crisis and HUD

In a comment on my last post, Gloria Ferris raised a really good question about the large number of foreclosed homes going to the U.S ... . Department of Housing and Urban Development. This prompted me to dig a little deeper… see my reply comment. HUD has acquired 630 Cuyahoga County homes through sheriff’s deeds in 2007. P.S. ... [more...]

Date: 2007-08-27 15:04:46
Blog: Callahan’s Cleveland Di...

Our main mortgage man, Zhou Xiaochuan

Zhou_xiaochuan Why has HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson been cozying up to Zhou Xiaochuan, the director of China's central bank? ... . According to HUD, overseas investors held 9.7 percent of agency-backed MBS last year -- more than ... on a trip to Beijing. Wtih delinquencies and foreclosures up, ratings agencies have soured on some MBS [more...]

Date: 2007-07-16 19:23:43
Blog: Inman News Blog...

New DoJ report distorts and misleads on key FOIA benchmarks

Related Attorney General's Report to the President on Executive Order 13,392, "Improving Agency Disclosure of Information" Report" ... the Department of Housing and Urban Development for exceeding its milestone on backlog reduction. HUD ... percent during the year. At the end of fiscal 2006, HUD’s backlog was 188 percent of its processing [more...]

Date: 2007-06-27 12:51:44
Blog: CRIMES AND CORRUPTION O...

Say what you like, the HIG are still relevant

I generally tend to distance myself from debatable issues, but I couldn’t bear to see the Apple Human Interface Guidelines take such a battering ... to introduce the HUD windows. What!? What makes you guys so special that you can have semi-transparent black ... -fangled window things? I want one!! I admit, I’d like HUD c [more...]

Date: 2007-04-16 12:53:56
Blog: Vacuous Virtuoso — Desp...

Fish follow through

Filed under: 12-18 months, 5 years, Creative projects A couple of Sundays ago, I took the boys for an early morning breakfast ... are more satisfying than hungover breakfast grease. Can I get an Amen. On our way there, Hud ... and Hud, now covered in lickable syrup was happy with his well branded toy. Rounding the corner [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 08:30:00
Blog: ParentDish...

GlobalTop HD100 GPS Speed Meter HUD scores first review

Filed under: GPS The GlobalTop HD100 GPS heads-up display is pulling a formal review over at DigitalReviews ... that you stick a reflective film to your windshield before getting your HUD on. Fortunately, the two included ... the wait to see just how well the device hooks into the navigation software on Bluetooth-equipped phones [more...]

Date: 2007-05-15 10:29:35
Blog: Engadget...

First, do no harm

Writing in Crain's Detroit Business today, a Wayne State University law professor says 1960s race riots led to a " ... HUD subprime lending debacle" that devastated many of Detroit's neighborhoods in the 1970s. To address frustrations over slumlords and the low rate of home ownership, Prof. John Mogk writes, "HUD [more...]

Date: 2007-06-04 18:35:11
Blog: Inman News Blog...

Bush administration OKs demolition of New Orleans public housing complexes

Despite the severe shortage of housing affordable to low-income residents of the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Gulf Coast, the U.S ... and Urban Affairs Committee, which Dodd chairs. Reports the Times-Picayune:"HUD is moving forward ... is developed in its place," Landrieu wrote in a letter dated Friday to HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson [more...]

Date: 2007-09-24 19:59:16
Blog: Facing South...

Alphonso Jackson Uses HUD to Destroy Lives and Make Friends Rich

The AP reports: The FBI is examining the ties between Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson and a friend who was paid $392,000 by Jackson’s department as a construction manager in New Orleans, three federal law enforcement officials said Thursday. Jackson’s friend got the job after the HUD secretary asked a staff member [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 20:48:55
Blog: Hungry Blues › Searchin...

Late thirties

Filed under: Dads, 12-18 months, 5 years, Birthdays It was my birthday yesterday ... and a man. Hud and I think passing gas, from either end, is the funniest thing in the world and Tasman ... of 38 is hardly an issue. I guess it means another year down, and while each age of Hud's life [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 09:29:00
Blog: ParentDish...

Transparency in government and real estate

Transparency is a good thing. I’ve noted before how my company’s commissions are broken down ... as the rest of us? Technorati Tags: ron paul, real estate ... and seller be shown on the HUD-1 form (PDF). Granted, the HUD can be confusing, but at least it’ [more...]

Date: 2007-08-29 11:24:11
Blog: Real Central VA...

Feds give S. Utes $1.2M

Feds give S. Utes $1.2M Grants to be used for housing July 21, ... ," HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson said in announcing the grant. "HUD is proud to partner with tribal ... , weatherize 20 homes, counsel first-time homebuyers, replace sewer lines and paint 45 low-rent units [more...]

Date: 2007-07-21 22:03:18
Blog: Durango, Colorado News,...

Jesuit, Rummel postponed

Permalink (Learn More) Monday, April 09, 2007 HUD approves lump-sum Road Home grant paymentsBy David Hammer Staff writer Louisiana ... program, and not the compensation program HUD had originally approved. A repair program would trigger [more...]

Date: 2007-04-10 19:22:11
Blog: NOLA.com: Times-Picayun...

FBI Examining HUD Secretary's Ties

FBI Examining HUD Secretary's Ties17 hours ago - By Pete Yost, ... law enforcement officials said Thursday. Complete Story...politics, secretary, alphonso-jackson, hud [more...]

Date: 2007-10-04 23:02:38
Blog: Newsvine - politics...

A Power Grab

Something we’ve always done with our client’s contracts is to make sure that a NWMLS Form 22K is used to help facilitate closing out utilities at ... on the HUD Settlement Statement a seller will see a holdback amount that will cover the final utilities ... it from happening to you. Oh, and for those of you with rental properties in the City of Seattle [more...]

Date: 2007-07-02 02:09:29
Blog: Rain City Guide | A Se...

Estate real

by Soli Katir  The Ministry must verify the ultimate ownership interests when real estate is being purchased by a foreign national ... with investment properties. There are many great amenities that you can take advantage with, here ... . Your uncle is not a lone; most real estate agents are not experienced in HUD foreclosure listings. Even [more...]

Date: 2007-08-30 13:31:18
Blog: Quick Announce - Free p...

Shiira 2.0 is real shiny

Shiira is a browser based off Apple’s WebKit, just as OmniWeb is. However, it’s also open source and based out of Japan. The 1 ... , but as soon as I launched what I downloaded, the built-in Sparkle software update mechanism found another ... s like OmniWeb’s thumbnail tabs, but at a different angle, which works beautifully on a Powerbook 12”. HUD [more...]

Date: 2007-04-24 03:08:11
Blog: MacUser: Mac and Apple ...

Browse Your Aperture Library Online

From Aperture Plugged In: If you have been patiently waiting for a way to share your Aperture library over a network with multiple users, you’ll want to check out PHPture. PHPture, created by a software developer from The Netherlands ... to metadata. There is even a HUD-like view for keywords, which you can use in PHPture to search through [more...]

Date: 2007-05-18 16:31:26
Blog: O'Reilly Digital Media ...

Illegal Aliens

If this doesn't open your eyes... nothing will! From the L.A. Times 1. 40% of all workers in L.A. County ( L.A ... are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border. 8. Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal. 9. 21 radio stations in L.A. are Spanish speaking. 10. In L.A. County 5.1 [more...]

Date: 2007-07-08 17:17:54
Blog: but that's just my opin...

Puzzle

Here it is eight days later, and my head is still stuck in Easter Sunday. I keep thinking back to a conversation I had with Debra ... on the HUD website, there have been at least 65 closings in New Orleans through the Housing Choice ... at all the vacant, flooded homes surrounding us. Some days it feels like we are living inside a giant puzzle [more...]

Date: 2007-04-16 17:13:36
Blog: b.rox ...

Producer Promises Final Resident Evil Movie

Next-Gen sat down with movie producer Jeremy Bolt and had a nice long chat about Resident Evil: Extinction, which he " ... working on Driver and Castlevania movies, but as he explains, it's getting harder to find properties ... one, not so much. I'm willing to give it some artistic license, but Nemesis with a Terminator-esque HUD [more...]

Date: 2007-09-03 15:24:25
Blog: Game | Life - Wired Blo...

ooVoo pitches gamers with nostalgic bloody faces

To add to today's essential collection of non-news, I offer you this absurd commercial we just received from the ooVoo people aimed at gamers ... completely pwned in the game he also literally takes a beating, a faithful nod to the retro HUD in DOOM ... of your home. While the ad is cute at best, I wish there really was a function in the software that [more...]

Date: 2007-06-20 12:48:00
Blog: Welcome :: DESTRUCTOID ...

MSM Ignores Higher Placed Clinton Officials’ Conviction to Tout Libby’s

-By Warner Todd Huston I keep seeing this talking point phrase in multiple MSM stories about the Libby conviction; “Libby was convicted in March, ... the Reagan administration in the 1980s.”(emphasis, mine) This is a misleading statement that makes ... swam. Cisneros was the Secretary of HUD, a presidential cabinet member, after all! Naturally [more...]

Date: 2007-07-09 11:01:56
Blog: Publius’ Forum...

Tip Of The Iceberg?

Category: Political Commentary Tip Of The Iceberg? Does anyone think that this kind of thing is any different at any other government agency? CIA, FBI, TSA? Or even HUD, or NASA? Or even large corporate bureaucracies? A good friend just got out from under an employer that was an old-boys network that promoted incompetents and punished [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 23:38:30
Blog: Transterrestrial Musing...

Business Blogging: Using Technology to Educate the consumer about the Buying Process

Helping to educate your clients along the way can help lead conversion and word of mouth referrals Buyers often feel uncomfortable with the buying ... the consumer through your REblogsite!See AlsoReal Estate Blogsites Product Feature: Targeted Real Estate ... , do not over look Government and Association resources. HUD has a great array of pamphlets that [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 12:07:16
Blog: What's New | Real Estat...

Software to Watch: Pixelmator

Software to Watch: Pixelmator July 16, 2007 at 4:56 pm · Filed under News If you are a Mac user and don’t want to fork over a ton of money for ... software due out for public beta at the end of July. The software features an unbelievable UI (probably influenced by the HUD in Aperture from the looks of it) and is set to be priced at a mere $59 [more...]

Date: 2007-07-16 23:56:28
Blog: BittBox...

When Banks Are Permitted to Compete…The Consumer Might Just Win

In Southern California, many loan originators are licensed by the Department of Real Estate. Such licensing is unique to California ... agent! The problem in the past was that HUD explicitly forbids real estate licensees to engage in loan ... to require that they have a real estate salesperson’s license. Some bright Realtors realized [more...]

Date: 2007-04-22 00:55:09
Blog: BloodhoundBlog: Real e...

When Banks Compete, You Lose

Brian Brady wrote a great series of articles on how to obtain the best mortgage loan by shopping for a mortgage originator first, ... please read my Zillow Real Estate Guide article on 6 things you should know before shopping ... ; but have stayed away from LendingTree.com – we don’t want to have to pay the lead provider off the HUD [more...]

Date: 2007-04-19 13:04:21
Blog: BloodhoundBlog: Real e...

Brown introduces foreclosure bill

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, joined two other senators Thursday in an effort to cut down on the skyrocketing rate of foreclosures — proposing ... . Their carrot-and-stick solution includes earmarking $300 million in federal funds for HUD ... balloon payment. Brown said foreclosures are weakening the economy, which is why he and Sens [more...]

Date: 2007-05-04 06:10:52
Blog: Chronicle-Telegram...

Dodd's Plan for the Mortgage Crisis

One thing I really like about Chris Dodd is his expertise and commitment to financial issues, especially when it comes to predatory lending ... with more homes for sale. Dodd helped secure $100 million in the 2008 HUD appropriations bill ... to address the current crisis and keep people in their homes: Chris Dodd believes we need to focus [more...]

Date: 2007-08-24 17:51:02
Blog: MyDD :: Direct Democrac...

The Week Ahead: The Week of July 9

Back comes Congress, all paraded out, for a month of work before the August recess (set to start Aug. 6). August weather has already settled upon D ... a hearing on the EPA's proposed new ozone standards. Dirksen 406 at 10 a.m. The NAM's statement ... Appropriations Committee, which is marking up Transportation-HUD and Labor/HHS bills on Wednesday [more...]

Date: 2007-07-09 12:57:37
Blog: ShopFloor.org: Manufact...

First Katrina, now HUD

First Katrina, now HUD (06:49:32 AM) Izzle Pfaff :: Nic At Night (03:42:21 AM) Sep 30, 2007 The Worley Gig :: I Love The Office (03:48:19 PM) Archikulture Digest [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 11:48:13
Blog: blogs.ink19.com ...

Here We Go Again

KATRINA AFTERMATH Questionable Contracts By Edward T. Pound, National Journal © National Journal Group Inc. Thursday, Oct ... a speech to a group of minority real estate executives. The event should have been pretty routine ... favoritism in HUD contract awards, called for an investigation by the department's inspector general [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 19:49:19
Blog: dribin's Affordable Hou...

CSSEdit 2.5 Released

When it comes to styling my web pages, I do my work in TextMate. Still, I have friends who swear by CSSEdit ... picker, selector CodeSense, a text shadow editor, brand new shiny wonderful HUD inspectors, etc. Major ... so. CSSEdit 2.5 can be found at the MacRabbit developer site. software Primary category: Software Read [more...]

Date: 2007-04-23 19:35:37
Blog: MacUser: Mac and Apple ...

MSM Ignores Higher Placed Clinton Officials’ Conviction to Tout Libby’s

I keep seeing this talking point phrase in multiple MSM stories about the Libby conviction; “Libby was convicted in March, ... the Reagan administration in the 1980s.”(emphasis, mine) This is a misleading statement that makes ... swam. Cisneros was the Secretary of HUD, a presidential cabinet member, after all! Naturally [more...]

Date: 2007-07-09 15:04:14
Blog: Blogger News Network ...

Apple: Apple iPod touch Review (Verdict: Good In the Face of Greatness)

When looking at the iPod touch, you have a choice: you can either see it as an evolutionary leap for iPod, ... HUD by double tapping the Home button are both welcome additions that make using the iPod touch even ... weirdness. (Hey, as people who have lived through all of the Microsoft-PlaysForSure-compatible software [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 22:29:50
Blog: Gizmodo, the Gadget Gui...

Aperture 1.5.3 Update

Apple has released a version update of Aperture. It weighs in at a respectable 129.5 megabytes ... . Get it through “Software Update” under the Apple Menu or click here. aperture153update.jpg ... - Entering and exiting Full Screen mode - Working with large sets of keywords in the Keywords HUD [more...]

Date: 2007-04-20 12:33:51
Blog: O'Reilly Digital Media ...

FHASecure: A Helping Hand for Those Who Did Not Refinance in Time

This afternoon I received our Mortgagee Letter from HUD with the nitty gritty on FHASecure ... mortgage applications where it appears that a loan officer or other mortgagee employee suggested ... to the reset.   As this is a FHA mortgage, the same basic guidelines apply (debt-to-income ratios, loan [more...]

Date: 2007-09-08 04:01:13
Blog: Rain City Guide | A Se...

AIMCO does everything in its power to hurt innocent renters in the Bayview Hunters Point

Apartment Investment and Management Company (AIMCO) has a track record of adversely impacting renters and especially those that cannot defend themselves. AIMCO is doing just that with the resident of All Hollows - moving them around like cattle - trying to fix some poorly built former HUD homes - and making a mess of the situation [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 14:13:36
Blog: San Francisco Bay Area ...

Gulf Watch: In La., levee 'protection' coincides with slow recovery

A U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development analysis currently making the rounds among policy-makers shows what might seem like a puzzling ... levee system aren't returning to their homes at as high a rate as those who live outside the levee ... levee protection, the vacancy rate is only 15 percent. HUD offers no explanations [more...]

Date: 2007-06-20 19:34:23
Blog: Facing South...

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