Orange County Receives $2.5 million HUD Award to Combat Lead Poisoning and Other Home Health Hazards Funds Will be Used to Make Low-Income Housing Safer, Healthier for Youth Orange County Executive Edward A. Diana and Richard Mayfield, Director of the Orange County Office of Community Development, are extremely pleased to share news from the U.S. [...]

Governor directs use of approved HUD CDBG disaster recovery funds to cover 25 percent non-federal share of Irene and Lee buyout costs Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Monday announced that New York State will use available funds from the recently approved HUD Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Disaster Recovery program to cover the 25 percent non-federal [...]

DIANA ANNOUNCES HUD FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HELP ORANGE COUNTY’S FARM OWNERS UPGRADE EXISTING LABOR HOUSING Application due June 1      Orange County Executive Edward A. Diana announced funding assistance through the Orange County Office of Community Development for Orange County farmers to upgrade existing labor housing through the Orange County Farm Worker Housing Rehabilitation Program, [...]

Orange County Rural Development Advisory Corporation (RDAC), a nonprofit housing counseling agency is proud to announce that Robert FitzPatrick has joined the team as a HUD certified HECM Reverse Mortgage counselor. Mr. FitzPatrick has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and has been in the Reverse Mortgage business since 2006 as both an originator and [...]

Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) announced that the Poughkeepsie Housing Authority has been awarded $212,520 in federal funds to provide permanent housing for homeless veterans in the Mid Hudson Valley. The funds were awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (VASH) program of which Hinchey is a steadfast [...]