General News

The Virginia Housing Development Authority recently announced a public forum to discuss changes to the 2011 QAP, scheduled for Wednesday, July 14, at 1:30 p.m.

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn this week signed a bill (S.B. 2093) into law that increases the state’s existing New Markets Tax Credit for new investment into small businesses in underserved communities.

The Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority has released its 2010 Section 42 MTSP and HERA Special income and rents limits.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency has released instructions for submitting an application for tax credits through its 2011 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).

The Illinois Housing Development Authority (the Authority) is soliciting feedback from the development community on all aspects of the 2010 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) application process.

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association recently released an amended version of its draft 2010 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).

The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee has updated its 2010 9% Competitive Tax Credit Application and 2010 4% Competitive Tax-Exempt Bond Application Combining Federal and State Tax Credits.

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) along with the Secretary’s U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) have unveiled a new plan to prevent and end homelessness.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a notice announcing that HUD will allow Section 8 income limits to decrease beginning with the FY-2010 income limits, but will limit all annual decreases to no more than 5 percent, and limit all annual increases to 5 percent or twice the change in national median family income, whichever is greater.

The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies ““ including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision ““ recently announced a series of upcoming public hearings on modernizing the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

In an effort to better serve the new generation of information seekers, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently launched several new tools for improving connectivity and transparency through various social media networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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