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Alaska Governor Sean Parnell signed two bills last week that establish a statewide energy policy (S.B. 220) to stimulate the state’s economy by attracting renewable energy investment.

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).

The U.S. Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have announced that they will join forces to award up to $75 million in funding ““ $35 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) II Planning Grants and $40 million in Sustainable Community Challenge Grants for localized planning activities that ultimately lead to projects that integrate transportation, housing and economic development.

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.

2010 NH&RA Summer Institute, July 21-24, The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, California.

he U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a notice that makes corrections to the FY-2009 Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities NOFA, released on April 7, 2010.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the public use dataset from the 2009 American Housing Survey (AHS) national sample.

The Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies has released its 2010 State of Nation’s Housing Report.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) will be conducting training on the 2011 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP).

HUD has published its twelfth in the series of worst case housing needs reports.

Louisiana Housing Finance Agency has issued an RFP Special Tax Counsel for the Agency’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.

Louisiana Housing Finance Agency has issued an RFP for a financial analysis consultant for the Agency’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program and related programs.