Yearly Archives: 2015

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced nearly $120,000 in federal funding to help homeless veterans and their families access affordable housing in the Williston and Dickinson areas. These funds will be used to distribute a total of 25 vouchers to homeless veterans and their families in the Williston and Dickinson areas. The vouchers can be used to purchase existing affordable housing of their choice.

Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have made $118,741 available to help veterans find permanent homes

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced more than $123,000 in federal funding for the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency to support counseling about home decisions, such as financial management and property maintenance, to tenants and homeowners across the state

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today toured Ulteig Engineers, an innovative 70-year-old energy engineering and consulting company headquartered in Fargo, to discuss the direly needed build-out of North Dakota’s energy infrastructure with a particular focus on providing certainty to the wind energy industry and workers.

Senator John Hoeven today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded a grant of $123,373 to the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency to provide counseling and advice to tenants and homeowners regarding property maintenance, financial management and other matters that will help them improve their housing conditions, meet their financial needs, and fulfill their responsibilities as renters or homeowners

New national registry and proposed policy changes to stimulate North Dakota economy by connecting low-income residents and qualified businesses with HUD-funded contracting opportunities

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today encouraged eligible North Dakota farmers, ranchers and small businesses to apply for federal funding to support the purchase and installation of renewable energy systems, or to make energy efficiency improvement

The Industrial Commission today increased income limits for the state's homeownershipprograms, making more North Dakotans eligible for mortgage purchase assistance. North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) provides down payment and closing cost assistance, and reduced interest rate mortgage loans to income-qualified households

Six new housing projects for low income households will receive development support from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) in 2015, the Industrial Commission announced today

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp today announced more than $350,000 in federal funding to offset the operating costs of 15 public housing agencies across North Dakota. These funds will help cover operation and management costs at public housing agencies in North Dakota. Public housing agencies work to make sure low-income families, people with disabilities, and the elderly have access to safe, decent, and affordable housing and promote opportunities for economic independence