NEWS AND UPDATES
PRESS RELEASES
May 8, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL MATCHING FUNDS FOR HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM
Local governments to pay lower federal match for program designed to increase community safety, disaster preparedness
April 18, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR PRAISES PRESTON’S NOMINATION AS HUD SECRETARY, O’DELL AS FEDERAL COORDINATOR
Governor Haley Barbour today praised President Bush’s nomination of Steve Preston as the new Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
April 15, 2008
BARBOUR ANNOUNCES $41 MILLION AWARDED FOR GO ZONE DISASTER RECOVERY PROJECTS
More than $41 million in disaster recovery grants is being awarded to 39 Mississippi counties and municipalities for individual projects involving disaster recovery, Governor Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) Disaster Recovery Division announced today
March 31, 2008
HUD PRAISES MISSISSIPPI HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Inspector General (OIG) says Mississippi has implemented sound controls regarding how the state determines eligibility and avoids benefit duplication while administering its Homeowner Assistance Program
March 25, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR ANNOUNCES 2,000 FAMILIES ARE LIVING IN MISSISSIPPI COTTAGES
Governor Haley Barbour announced today that 2,000 Mississippi families have moved out of their FEMA provided travel trailers and mobile homes and into Mississippi Cottages
March 20, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SIGNS BILL APPROPRIATING $25M TO DEFRAY REINSURANCE COSTS
Governor Haley Barbour today signed legislation that gives the state Department of Insurance the authority to transfer $25 million to the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association
March 20, 2008
$200 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR CRITICAL RECOVERY PROJECTS IN HANCOCK COUNTY
‘Ground Zero’ projects eligible to apply for CDBG funding
March 6, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR SEEKS TO MORE THAN DOUBLE SIZE OF STATE’S LONG-TERM WORKFORCE HOUSING COMMITMENT
Today Governor Haley Barbour announced the State of Mississippi will seek federal approval to commit another $100 million for the Long-Term Workforce Housing Program
February 20, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR: AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM TAKES BIG STEP
16 projects will result in estimated 5,850 affordable housing units
February 1, 2008
GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR AWARDS $2.5M IN FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS TO ASSIST MISSISSIPPI AGENCIES
Additional $600,000 set aside for coastal district attorney’s offices
January 25, 2008
STATEMENT OF GOVERNOR HALEY BARBOUR
On HUD’s approval of the Port of Gulfport project
January 24, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL $112 MILLION FOR SMALL RENTAL HOUSING RECOVERY
$723 million in affordable housing assistance made available through comprehensive housing programs
January 22, 2008
GOVERNOR BARBOUR: ADDITIONAL $100 MILLION ALLOCATED FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING
Governor Haley Barbour said today an additional $100 million has been allocated to help restore housing for workforce income families on the Mississippi Gulf Coast
December 28, 2007
GOVERNOR BARBOUR ANNOUNCES $5 MILLION IN TOURISM RESTORATION GRANTS
Governor Haley Barbour today announced approval of $5 million in federal grants to help Mississippi’s tourism industry promote and market areas most heavily impacted by Hurricane Katrina
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