HUD provides grants for neighborhood redevelopment

The Obama administration moved forward Friday with a housing initiative designed to revitalize deteriorated neighborhoods while improving education, job and public transit opportunities in those areas.

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan said 17 communities will share $4 million in funding for planning grants as part of the new Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, which received $65 million in funding as part of the fiscal 2010 budget.