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Henry Cisneros, Housing & Urban Development Secretary, announced that the administration was providing $20 million for community banks in Washington, DC, Baltimore and six rural Mississippi …

Residents gathered in Baltimore, MD to celebrate the destruction of old, dilapidated, high-rise Public Housing. As part of the Public Housing Redevelopment, it would be replaced with townhom…

Vice President Al Gore opened a panel discussion on innovations in U.S. public housing. He spoke about the reinvention of public housing by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisn…

Housing & Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros announced a report on public housing improvements at a press conference.

Participants briefed reporters on the impact of the continuing partial government shutdown on the Department of Housing and Urban Development. They examined a variety of topics, including ho…

Secretary Cisneros talked to reporters about HUD reforms to make public housing a more suitable living environment. He discussed the department’s progress over the past year and its future g…

Housing & Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros and others announced $900 million in federal grants to cities and organizations to deal with homeless persons and talked about the money …

Secretary Cisneros and others briefed reporters and answered questions about the release of a progress report on public housing revitalization efforts nationwide. He spoke briefly about HUD …

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, and other administration supporters, talked about the administration’s proposal to reform the Department of Housing and Urban Developm…

Secretary Henry Cisneros briefed reporters on Attorney General Janet Reno’s recommendation for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate whether Secretary Cisneros should be p…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros briefed reporters on changes in federal housing mortgage insurance criteria. Warren Lasko, the Executive Vice President of the Mortgag…

Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros held a press briefing in which he reacted to President Clinton’s spending cut plan. He and the assistant secretary answered reporters' questions about the pl…

Deputy Housing Secretary, Terrence Duvernay, and Assistant Housing Secretary Joe Shuldiner, as well as local community leaders, spoke about the importance of education at a back to school ra…

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes spoke about the importance of health care reform, especially universal coverage for …

Reverend Jesse Jackson spoke about housing issues and the need for low income housing for those less fortunate. The discussion focused on his recent meeting with Secretary Henry Cisneros and…

Following an introduction by Andrew Cuomo, Secretary Cisneros spoke about the five priorities of HUD which include an increase in available low-income housing and loan availability. In the f…

Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros announced a new HUD policy whereby monthly statistics on housing market conditions will be made available to consumers, bankers and other interested persons.

Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, and other administration officials, spoke at a ceremony honoring Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development sponsored a meeting of federal, state, and local officials on the rebuilding efforts for people affected by the massive flooding of the Missis…

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros moderated a town hall meeting for the employees of the Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as residents of public ho…