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MFA announced that registration is now open for the 2016 state of New Mexico Qualified Allocation Plan training.

Affordable housing CA State Governor Brown says no to affordable housing bills. TCAC proposes changes to the LITHC program. CohnRezick examines the potential impacts for California.

Two new California state laws aim to open opportunities for low-income families to benefit from energy efficiency investments. One law will provide funding for solar installations in multifamily affordable housing developments. The other will study obstacles faced by low-income families pursuing energy efficiency investments.

HUD established operating cost adjustment factors (OCAFs) for certain project-based assistance contracts with an anniversary date on or after February 11, 2016.

HUD updated the Rental Assistance Demonstration program Project-Based Rental Assistance Quick Reference Guide. The updated guide provides information on continuing Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) programs at PBRA properties.

The Internal Revenue Service divided $2.59 million in unused Low Income Housing Tax Credits from calendar year 2015 among 30 states.

Lancaster Pollard announced the hiring of David Bonomo as senior vice president to expand the firm’s investment banking and mortgage banking finance activities for market-rate, income-restricted and subsidized rental properties.

Oregon Housing & Community Services presented an updated version of the 2016 draft QAP to the State Housing Council on October 2. OHCS staff is working on revisions based on feedback from the Council.

While what they literally built may have varied, each finalist for the 2015 J. Timothy Anderson Awards for Historic Preservation built a bridge. They built a bridge between what communities had and what they needed. In some cases, it was the bridge between yesterday’s industrial heyday and today’s housing shortage.

Affordable Housing Finance announced that developments by Pennrose Properties, BRIDGE Housing, Dominium, The Community Builders, Homes for America, and Volunteers of America are some of their readers’ top choices.

HUD Office of Public Housing Investments issued a schedule for processing mixed-finance projects intending to close by the end of the 2015 calendar year.

NH&RA members are key development and funding partners in the Choice Neighborhood grants that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded in Atlanta, Kansas City, Memphis, and Sacramento.