The program evolved from the Community Development Department's purchase-rehabilitation program for low-income neighborhoods.

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The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development kicked off the program in July with a request for proposals from designers and development teams for self-contained "micro-units" between 275 and 300 square feet, including kitchen and bathroom.

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Apartments in Harlem to visit the first Section 8 multi-family housing property to receive Recovery Act funding through the Green Retrofit Program from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Renewable-energy companies, particularly solar power product makers and developers, say the loan-guarantee program administered by the Department of Energy is crucial to allow projects currently under development to proceed.

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In addition to our disaster loan program, the SBA, the USDA and the Department of Commerce through its Economic Development Administration (EDA) will be hosting forums in communities impacted by drought conditions.

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Mercedes Marquez, assistant secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, told CNNMoney that the initial stage of the program has been difficult, in part, because the cities and communities involved in the program have never done this work before.

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The Republican program would require the Interior Department to move forward in order to free up leasing and development of drilling on public lands onshore.

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Looks like the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is continuing its long-overdue effort to clean up its mortgage insurance program.

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