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Governor David A. Paterson has appointed Brian Lawlor to serve as Acting Commissioner of the Division of Housing and Community Renewal.

HUD has published a new working paper entitled “U.S. Rental Housing Characteristics: Supply, Vacancy, and Affordability.” The paper reports these findings as part of its overview of the current rental housing market dynamics, in relation to supply, local conditions, the national assisted rental housing stock, and both need and demand for affordable rental housing.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Policy Development and Research has released a comprehensive housing market analysis report for the Tulsa, Oklahoma market region.

The U.S. Department of Treasury, in partnership with Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced the purchase $13.9 billion in housing bonds from 50 of its state Housing Finance Agency (HFA) members under the Obama Administration’s HFA Initiative.  The initiative was unveiled October 19.  In addition to a single-family component, the HFA Initiative will make affordable financing available to provide affordable multifamily loans that will help keep rents affordable for tens of thousands of renters.

The City of San Jose (California) has approved an ordinance requiring future housing development throughout the city to include a number of units affordable to low-income households.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that nearly 200 apartment units in New York City will become more energy efficient as the result of $3.6 million in funding being awarded today to Jonathan Rose Companies, a New York-based property owner and developer.

The Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA) recently released a draft of its 2010 Profile of Nebraska Demographics, Economics and Housing study public review.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory recently released a new report that examines two renewable energy provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that may help shovel-ready community wind projects move forward.

Kentucky Housing Corporation recently announced the reopening of the waiting list for the Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program. Kentucky administers the Section 8 program in 87 counties across the state.

The Illinois Housing Development Authority will hold a series of three public hearings to discuss and solicit questions with regards to IHDA’s 2010 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program application process.

The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) recently announced that Governor Markell has signed the 2010 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) effective January 8, 2010.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will be conducting a series of conference calls regarding CDFI Certification. These calls will serve as a forum for potential certification applicants to ask questions of CDFI Fund staff about becoming a certified CDFI.