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Tax Credits Equal Cash!
HUD and the IRS are working together to cut your tax bills by making sure you know about all of the tax credits
and help available to you.
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CPD Notice 04-03 - May 4, 2004
The purpose of this Notice is to provide guidance to field offices and grant recipients on closing out HUD
Colonias Initative grants funded by the Fiscal Year 1998 HUD Appropriations Act
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Colonias/Migrant Farmworker Practitioners Conferences
This webcast series covers some of the issues facing
practitioners who work with underserved communities
along the U.S./Mexico border (colonias) and migrant
farmworker communities across the country. Captioned
and uncaptioned versions of the webcasts are available.
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Community
Partners Make a Difference this Winter in New Mexico
John and Carolina Guiterrez Arellano and their three
small children of Sunland Park, a New Mexico border
colonia, are thankful to have a home even though it
has no gas, electricity, central air or heat, or an
inside bathroom.
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CPD
Notice 03-10 - Oct. 8, 2003
Provides information and guidance for the four border
states on best practices in distributing funds to communities
with substandard living conditions along the U.S./Mexico
border, known as “Colonias”.
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This page provides resources regarding HUD's Colonias program, including relevant notices & legislation, information to help you contact your local HUD office, and other news about CDBG's Colonias program.
What
is the Colonia Set-aside Program? Texas,
Arizona, California and New Mexico set aside up to 10 percent of
their State CDBG funds for use in colonias. The set-aside funds
are used for all CDBG-eligible activities that meet the needs of
colonias. Most of the funds have been expended on water and sewer
and housing assistance.
The
Legislation The National Affordable Housing Act of 1990,
section 916, required the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona,
and California to set aside 10 percent of their CDBG funds in FY
1991 for colonias. For FY 1992 through FY 1994, HUD, in consultation
with representatives of the colonias, determined an appropriate
set-aside percentage, not exceeding 10 percent, for each of the
four states. The set-aside was voluntary in FY 1995; it was required
by the appropriations act in FY 1996, and made permanent by the
1997 appropriations act. Since 1997, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
have set aside 10% of their CDBG funds for colonias, while California
has fluctuated between two and five percent during those years.
Definition
for the Colonias Set-aside Program For the purposes of this
program, the definition of a colonia is any identifiable community
in the U.S.-Mexico border regions of Arizona, California, New Mexico,
and Texas that is determined to be a colonia on the basis of objective
criteria, including lack of a potable water supply, inadequate sewage
systems, and a shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing. The
border region means the area within 150 miles of the U.S.-Mexico
border excluding Metropolitan Statistical Areas with populations
exceeding one million.
Border
Area HUD Field Offices To contact your local HUD office:
Useful
Information for Colonias
Learn about the many additional resources
to assist migrant farm workers and colonias. You will find useful
links to health, economic development, capacity building, mapping
and information tools, and many other resources.
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