Federal / Agency News

The National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation released the 2021 edition of Picture of Preservation.

The Office of Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight has made revisions to the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Assignment form in order to clarify the roles of the various signatories in the HAP Assignment process.

Representative David Price (D-NC) announced that he will not seek reelection in 2022. Rep. Price has served as a longtime chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies of the House Appropriations Committee.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) released the committee’s nine remaining Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) appropriations bills, which include proposed FY22 spending bills for HUD and Treasury.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced the multifamily loan acquisition volume caps for the GSEs in 2022.

Revenue Procedure 2021-44 from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allocates nearly $7.8 million–the largest amount in 26 years–of unused LIHTCs to 29 states. $7,797,915 in unused credits will be allocated to states, ranging from $30,789 for South Dakota to $1,357,757 for California.

HUD is seeking help locating potential resources (vacant units) available to assist with housing survivors displaced as a result of a Presidentially Declared Disaster (PDD). Please complete this form with details of any vacant units, regardless of their connection (or lack thereof) to HUD. While the solicitation is nationwide, HUD and the Federal Emergency Management […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a ruling, which affirms a lower court’s ruling that federal courts do not have per se jurisdiction over Right of First Refusals (ROFRs) given to qualified nonprofits or other qualifying organizations under Section 42.

HUD released its climate adaptation and resilience plan, in conjunction with the 22 other federal agencies required to release plans under a January 27 executive order that directed agencies to assess climate risks to their operations.  

Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association issued a Request for Proposals for its new Neighborhood Emergency Housing Support program.

The House voted to raise the debt limit by $480 billion through December 3, the same day federal appropriations will run out.

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs will hold a stakeholder call on Multifamily’s ongoing preparedness and response to disasters.