General News

Kansas Development Finance Authority (KDFA) President Tim Shallenburger has named Garden City native Dennis L. Mesa as Executive Director of Kansas Housing Resources Corporation (KHRC). KHRC, a subsidiary corporation of KDFA, is a self-supporting, public corporation which serves as the primary administrator of federal housing programs on behalf of the State of Kansas.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its U.S. Housing Market Conditions Report for the first quarter of 2011.

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division prepared a comprehensive housing market analysis of the Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee housing market area.

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The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority has announced that it will host a series of workshops to provide guidance and training on the 2011 housing tax credit program.

President Obama has proposed a Civilian Property Realignment Board to help the Federal Government cut through red tape and politics to sell or get rid of property it no longer needs, saving taxpayers $15 billion over the first three years after the Board is fully up and running.

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad signed into law a measure to make the state historic tax credit align more closely with the federal credit.

Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority is seeking comments on its draft 2012-2013 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).

Last week, Secretary Shaun Donovan delivered the keynote address to the Harvard Joint Center/McArthur Rental Leadership Forum at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

The National Park Service has named Brian D. Goeken as Chief of the Technical Preservation Services office. He will manage the federal historic tax credit program.

The National Park Services (NPS) recently released a new report entitled, “The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.”

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week invited public comments on a proposed assessment of Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian housing needs.