General News

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently published a notice in the November 19 Federal Register soliciting public comments on its 2011 Rental Housing Finance Survey.

The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) has announced a policy change related to the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s tenant income collection (TIC) initiative.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently launched a new website that consolidates a wide variety of economic and housing market data using data from the Census Bureau, Labor Department, State and Local governments and housing industry sources.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HUD USER website recently released its final Quality Control for Rental Assistance Subsidy Determinations report for FY 2009.

HUD has released its Preview of Data for U.S. Housing Market Conditions 3rd Quarter 2010.

The Joint Center For Housing Studies of Harvard University has issued a new policy brief, “Long-Term Low Income Housing Tax Credit policy Questions.”

President Barack Obama will nominate North Carolina Banking Commissioner Joseph A. Smith Jr. to be the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

Each year, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE) honor organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through energy efficiency.

The Congressional Budget Office has released its cost estimate for the Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 2010 (H.R. 5814).

HUD has announced the selection of Erik Amundson to serve as Field Office Director in Helena Montana.

On January 21, 2010, HUD issued for public comment a comprehensive set of closing documents for use in FHA multifamily rental projects.

A ballot initiative approved by California voters last week known as Proposition 26 may mean that federal Section 1603 renewable energy tax credit cash grants will soon be treated as taxable income.