General News

Multifamily assisted households are eligible to enroll in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), a Federal Communications Commission subsidy program to help families and households struggling to afford internet service during the COVID-19 pandemic.

HUD re-released the 1997-2013 historical American Housing Survey (AHS) public use files and associated codebook.

Minnesota’s Metropolitan Council announced another year of record funding levels. A total of $8 million was approved for the Local Housing Incentives Account (LHIA). These dollars will be available in the multifamily deferred pool of financing in the 2021 Consolidated RFP.

The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) is seeking comments on its proposed compliance fine schedule.

Florida Housing released its state report on the High Needs High Cost Pilot. In 2014 Florida Housing awarded $10 million through a competitive application process to three nonprofit developers to develop permanent supportive housing properties in Duval, Miami-Dade and Pinellas counties. Studies around the nation show that cost savings to public systems, particularly crisis services, occur when high utilizers of these services are provided with supportive housing.

The Tennessee Housing Development Agency announced Josie Kotsioris as its new director of the Multifamily Programs Division.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued his 2021 May Revision for the California budget with a number of provisions.

Applications for the Atlanta Federal Home Loan Bank’s Affordable Housing Program (AHP) General Fund are being accepted through 11:59 p.m. ET on June 4.

A policy paper for the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project proposes a set of automatic stabilizers to federal housing programs to help renters and homeowners stay in their homes during economic downturns.

The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) is preparing proposed regulation changes related to federal disaster credits established by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.

Minnesota Housing is now accepting applications for the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Rental Assistance Program Request for Proposals (RFP). The HTF Program provides temporary rental assistance, housing related expenses, such as application fees and security deposits, in partnership with supportive services for High Priority Homeless (HPH) families and individuals prioritized for permanent supportive housing by the local Coordinated Entry (CE) system.

The Denver Community Planning and Development team is partnering with the Department of Housing Stability on a citywide effort to promote affordable housing through policy tools and incentives.