Through the Abilene Housing Authority, residents struggling with finding and affording housing are encouraged to apply for rental assistance. The AHA provides nearly 1,400 federally-funded rental ...

On Monday, January 30, when President Donald Trump signed an executive order to freeze federal funding, government entities ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development is tasked with enforcing and coordinating federal housing law. The vast ...

Turner Tackles HUD Program Reforms at Confirmation Hearing for Housing Secretary There were sports analogies galore but few policy specifics during Scott Turner ’s confirmation hearing on ...

The hearing focused on how Turner would address housing affordability and homelessness, reform HUD’s massive portfolio of housing subsidies, and tackle housing discrimination initiatives.

Turner, a former Texas lawmaker, oversaw the promotion of the opportunity zone program during the first Trump administration. In his role as HUD secretary ... and enforce fair housing laws.

City of Abilene Downtown Coordinator Kate Alvarez manages the project. Over the last several years, through code enforcement, the city has identified and removed unsafe structures, clearing the lots ...

HUD is a roughly $68 billion agency that provides rental assistance, builds and preserves affordable housing, addresses homelessness and enforces the Fair Housing Act that prohibits ...

ABILENE, Texas — Abilene has been selected as the first location for what President Trump is referring to as "the largest AI infrastructure project by far, in history.” At President Trump’s ...