General News

This Builder dashboard tracks how states with a stay-at-home mandate classify construction and building material suppliers.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released research notes, “The Need for Emergency Rental Assistance During the COVID-19 and Economic Crisis,” that concludes that Congress must invest up to $100 billion to keep the lowest-income households stably housed over the next year during and in the immediate wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report […]

Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF) launched a COVID-19 Resource Page through the CORES website. This is intended to be a place for resident services practitioners and frontline staff addressing resident needs to access and share useful resources and templates.

The Urban Institute recently published two blogs: The CARES Act Eviction Moratorium Covers All Federally Financed Rentals—That’s One in Four US Rental Units and We Must Act Quickly to Protect Millions of Vulnerable Renters. Urban estimates that eviction moratoria covering federally financed properties will apply to roughly 12.3 million (28 percent) of the 43.8 million […]

Market study analysts may encounter hindrances to completing work, particularly related to field work and accessing market information. If circumstances restrict analysts’ ability to complete a market study, Minnesota Housing suggests the following alternatives for information-gathering:

The Executive Committee of the National Council of Housing Market Analysts developed a memo on COVID-19’s Impact on Field Work for Market Studies, given the challenges of completing real estate analysis including site inspections during the current environment with office closures and travel restrictions.

In response to the mounting Coronavirus public health crisis, NH&RA launched a dedicated section of our website to keep stakeholders apprised of the evolving guidance. The webpage lists all news stories with the COVID-19 tag in the order in which they were added and stories can be filtered by state. NH&RA is pleased announce a […]

The Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) and Marcus & Millichap surveyed multifamily owners, operators and developers representing nearly 900,000 units across the country to gauge their market sentiment.

The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) deadline submission for the 2020 LIHTC application will continue to be Thursday, April 30, at 3:00 pm ET. No new applications will be accepted after this deadline.

The Leading Voices in Real Estate podcast with host Matt Slepin recently held a special episode on COVID-19’s Impact on Commercial Real Estate with  Spencer Levy, chairman, Americas Research & senior economic advisor at CBRE. Levy outlines the potential implications the pandemic has across various sectors including multifamily, retail, industrial and office and digs into the impacts on a few specialty product types like co-working, seniors housing, data centers and self-storage.

NH&RA is hosting a members-only town hall to provide a forum for affordable housing owners and operators to share COVID-19 best practices on Thursday, March 26 from 3:00-4:30 pm EDT.

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently aired its new documentary, East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story. Stories from East Lake Meadow residents in Atlanta reveal hardship and resilience, and raise critical questions about race, poverty and who is deserving of public assistance.