One member of President Barack Obama's Cabinet has been picked to watch his State of the Union address on television. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan has been tapped to stay away from the speech in case a calamity were to strike ...

The federal government awarded Michigan $223.9 million on Thursday to help tear down blighted buildings and revitalize neighborhoods in a dozen cities including Detroit, Grand Rapids and Flint. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced the money as part of $2 billion in Recovery ...

The Housing and Urban Development Department announced Wednesday nearly $1.4 billion in grants to help fund a record number of programs for the homeless. The grants will assist 6,445 existing programs around the country, up from $1.2 billion to fund 5,825 ongoing ...

Homebuyers insured by the Federal Housing Administration would have to provide more cash up front and meet higher credit scores under an Obama administration plan to protect the financially stretched agency. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan told a House committee Wednesday that the administration wants borrowers to ...