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Council for Energy Friendly Affordable Housing

Council for Energy Friendly Affordable Housing (CEFAH) is a working group of some of the most active owners and managers of affordable housing. The Council will retain legal and technical expertise to identify policy changes that could be made by Congress, HUD and state agencies to help encourage and finance energy conservation improvements. Approximately $5 billion – nearly 15% of HUD’s budget -- is spent annually on energy costs in assisted housing. Reducing this amount would free up a considerable sum of money for more productive uses. NH&RA launched CEFAH as a means to achieve policy changes to affordable housing programs that will facilitate owners’ abilities to retrofit and upgrade properties to achieve a higher degree of energy efficiency and utility cost savings. 

Our goal is to identify areas where significant savings could be found and work with policymakers to obtain regulatory and legislative changes that make such improvements feasible and permissible. A few examples of actions that could be taken are adjusting HUD policies governing the use of replacement reserves and residual receipts, establishing a supplemental loan program for energy retrofit financing, and educating housing officials on which energy efficiency improvements make sense to support.

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NH&RA Releases Summer Institute, NMTC Symposium PowerPoints

National Housing & Rehabilitation Association is pleased to announce that it has released all PowerPoint slide presentations from the 2010 Summer Institute & Pre-Conference Symposium on New Markets Tax Credits. read more

Date Published: 07/28/2010

Tags: Tax Credits, LIHTC, NMTC, State Tax Credits, Affordable Housing, HUD, Rural Housing, Public Housing, Tax Exempt Bonds, IRS/Tax Issues, Congress, Mixed-Use Development, Multi-Family Finance, Green/Sustainable Housing, Hope VI

Obama Administration Announces Conference on Housing Finance Reform

The Obama Administration this week announced a national conference in Washington, DC on August 17 that will help provide critical public input relating to its ongoing work to develop a comprehensive housing finance reform proposal. read more

Date Published: 07/28/2010

Tags: Affordable Housing, Multi-Family Finance

House Financial Services Committee Passes Preservation, Public Housing Legislation

Yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee advanced two proposed bills to preserve affordable rental housing and revitalize public housing. read more

Date Published: 07/28/2010

Tags: Affordable Housing, Public Housing, Congress, Green/Sustainable Housing, Hope VI

Free Newsletter Covers Sustainable Planning & Development

A monthly newsletter covering sustainable community planning and development is available free of charge from Partnership for Sustainable Communities (PSC). read more

Date Published: 07/28/2010

Tags: Affordable Housing, Green/Sustainable Housing

Draft Text of Renewable Energy Legislation Released

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.) recently released the draft legislative text of the Domestic Manufacturing and Energy Jobs Act of 2010. read more

Date Published: 07/28/2010

Tags: Congress, Green/Sustainable Housing, Energy Tax Credits

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Participation in councils is a primary benefit of membership in NH&RA.
Our councils keep members abreast of critical industry developments, new business opportunities and are leading advocates for the issues you care about most on Capital Hill and HUD, IRS, CDFI Fund, National Park Service and the State Housing Finance Agencies.

Perhaps most importantly, membership in NH&RA councils provides access to a peer group and network that WILL help you generate new business and create efficiencies in your operations. NH&RA members know that by sharing their insight and know-how we are all able to grow our businesses. Council membership is complimentary for NH&RA members. They meet in person and via conference call through out the year.