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“From coast to coast and nearly everywhere in between, Community Development Block Grant funds build roads and sewers, rehabilitate homes, support nonprofit organizations and small businesses, and help communities prepare for and recover from weather-related disasters,” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. 

A new proposed rule would provide residents of public housing or in properties receiving project-based rental assistance 30 days' notice to cure lease violations for nonpayment of rent.

By helping reduce foreclosures and expanding loss mitigation options, HUD’s new rule seeks to help keep more in their homes in times of economic instability.

First-time claims for unemployment insurance jumped 16,000 to 357,000 for the week ending March 23, the strongest jump since mid-February, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Despite the unexpected bump, initial unemployment claims have fallen for seven of the first 12 weeks of the year, averaging just a shade over 350,000, the number most economists see as the tipping point between a strengthening and weakening jobs market.