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HUD LAUDS HOUSING AUTHORITIES, HUD STAFF AS DISASTER HOUSING PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES DISPLACED BY HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA ENDS
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today recognized the HUD partners who worked together over the past two years to successfully complete the Katrina-Rita Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), a rental assistance and case management program that helped 37,000 families who were displaced by the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes find a permanent housing solution.
Representative from nearly 20 housing authorities, a Louisiana non-profit organization, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and HUD Headquarters and field office staffs joined Donovan today in Washington to celebrate DHAP's conclusion. DHAP was developed in 2007 by FEMA and HUD to provide up to 18 months of rental assistance and case management to families who were displaced by the devastating hurricanes and were not previously HUD assisted. More>>
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Try some of Robbie's Grandpa’s Oven Beef Stew
to help keep you warm during these cold winter days!
Find more recipies like this one in "Cooking With SW NAHRO" Cookbook!
Grandpa’s Oven Beef Stew
1 ½ cups onion, chopped
2 tbsp. flour
½ cup dry red wine or water
2 tbsp. oil
4 medium carrots, cut in 1” slices
1 ½ tsp. salt
4 medium potatoes, cubed
2 cans tomato soup
1 ½ lbs. beef, cut into 1” cubes
Vegetable of your choice (celery, green beans, peas, etc.)
Combine flour and salt. Coat meat cubes in flour and salt mixture.
Brown meat cubes in oil.
Add soup and 2 ½ cups water.
Add onion. Cover and bake at 375o for 1 hour. Add carrots and potatoes [and other vegetables, if desired]
Add wine (or water). Cover and bake for 1 additional hour
Submitted By: Robbie R. Levey
Housing Authority of the City of Las Cruces, NM
Southwest Upcoming Events
2010 Winter Committee Meetings
January 27-29, 2010 Click here for Registration Information and Agenda
2010 Southwest NAHRO Maintenance
Conference
February 9-11, 2010 Click here for Registration Information and Agenda
2010 Southwest NAHRO Annual Conference
June 13-17, 2010 Click here for Registration Information and Agenda Click here for Sponsorship Form Click here for Exhibitor Registration Form
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Southwest NAHRO Awards
The Wm. S. Clements
The Wm. S. Clements Award honors one outstanding maintenance professional each year at the Annual Southwest NAHRO Maintenance Conference. The Wm. S. Clements award is the most prestigious award a maintenance professional can receive from Southwest NAHRO and is named in honor of a William S. Clements who provided exemplary service to this industry throughout his career. Wm. S. Clements award winners will be announced at the 2010 Southwest NAHRO Maintenance Conference in Tulsa Oklahoma. Click here for more information and Award Application!
Deadline for entry is
Friday, January 29, 2010
2010 Award Competition
The deadline for entries will be WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2010 . The Awards Committee will meet in Dallas, Friday April 30, 2010 for the award judging. All entries must be submitted by an agency/entity which is a current paid member of Southwest Regional Council NAHRO, an individual associated with such a member agency/entity, or by a state chapter of SWRC. Click Here for Application
2010 Scholarship Program
The Southwest Regional Council NAHRO Scholarship Program provides scholarship opportunities to families that reside in, work with, or who otherwise receive housing benefits from one of the member agencies of the Council. The SWRC NAHRO annually awards scholarships totaling more than $10,000.00. Scholarship awards are available to public housing residents, participants in rental assistance or similar programs, both heads of household and other family members, and children of staff working for a member agency
Applications available here
