HUD has published its quarterly notice of all regulatory waivers that the Department has approved for the Office of Community Planning and Development, the Office of Housing ““ Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and the Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH).
At the end of the 2012 legislative session, the Minnesota legislature enacted several affordable housing-related bills, including one measure that approved $37.5 million in bonding authority to be used by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA) for housing and homeless programs.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report which examines how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) determine veteran eligibility for the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program, what data VA and HUD collect and report on HUD-VASH, their data reliability efforts, and what is known about HUD-VASH performance.
The National Park Service (NPS) recently issued a request for public comments on proposed increases to the fees NPS charges for reviewing Historic Preservation Certification Applications for historic rehabilitation tax credits (HTCs).
The White House recently issued a policy statement regarding HR 5972, the House of Representatives FY 2013 appropriations measure for the Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
HUD recently issued Notice FR-5607-N-22 to solicit comments on the Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring (Mark to Market) program.
Enterprise Community Partners has announced the release of a research report entitled “Incremental Cost, Measurable Savings Update: Enterprise Green Communities Criteria” which examines 52 affordable housing developments that were built using either the 2005 or 2008 versions of the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria (EGCC).
The Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) recently announced that Dave Herlinger, CHFA’s Executive Director from 1977 to 2000, has passed away.
The U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Health and Human Services (HHS) recently launched the Smoke-Free Housing Toolkits, which are designed to encourage and guide public housing authorities and private owners of federally assisted multifamily housing developments to adopt smoke-free policies to protect residents from the dangers of second-hand smoke and to reduce property maintenance costs.
The New York State Assembly and Senate have passed legislation (A. 9110/S. 6134) that increases the maximum amount of state historic tax credits that may be awarded to any one project from $5 million to $12 million, and encourages the revitalization of large historic properties across the state.
Washington, DC Mayor Vincent Gray recently named Michael Kelly as Director of the District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development.
A new GAO report examines public housing agencies and localities’ use of Recovery Act Public Housing Capital Funds, and reports on the progress that PHAs and housing finance agencies have made in spending grant funds.