General News

HUD Releases Mid-Year 2011 Housing Market Conditions

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the 2011 2nd Quarter Housing Market Conditions Report.

NPS Releases Revised Application for Historic Certification

The National Park Service (NPS) has revised the Historic Preservation Certification Application.

ACHP Releases Plan for Implementing Section 106

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) has completed its review of the regulations implementing Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.

CDFI Advisory Board Schedules Next Meeting

Treasury has announced the next meeting of the Community Development Advisory Board, which advises the Director of the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund.

HUD Conducting Assessment of Native American Housing Needs

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research is managing a Congressionally mandated study of the housing needs of Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians.

Gov. Cuomo Signs Affordable Housing Bills

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed a pair of affordable housing bills sponsored by Senator Catharine Young.

HUD Updates Preservation Web Page

HUD recently announced an update to its Preservation web page, a resource portal that combines refinancing tools, notices, Section 8 renewal policy and other information its stakeholders may want to know about preserving affordable housing.

New Mexico Releases Draft 2012 QAP

The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA), has released its 2012 draft Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) for public comment.

California Proposes Updated Geographic Apportionments

California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) announced a proposed readjustment of its geographic regional apportionments for federal and state low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). The geographic boundaries used for appropriations were last updated in 2004 but the updated methodology proposes using new 2010 Census data for calculating apportionments and the addition of an 11th region: the City of Los Angeles.