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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.

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

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

Senator John Hoeven today announced that North Dakota housing authorities have received 15 grants totaling more than $350,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Public Housing Operating Fund. The program reimburses the operating costs of local housing authorities, which seek to meet the housing needs of low-income persons who are elderly, disabled, veterans, homeless or working poor

U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, today pushed for the reauthorization of bipartisan legislation that supports efforts to provide safe and affordable housing to American Indians.