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The Department of the Treasury published plans for reallocation of unspent dollars from the Emergency Rental Assistance program authorized under the American Rescue Plan Act (ERA 2). 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the second round of reallocations from the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program.

HUD recently named Willie Fobbs as director of Multifamily’s Office of Production. Prior to joining HUD, Fobbs served as the associate director of housing production and preservation at the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).

On March 24, HUD issued a memo withdrawing its November 15 Clarification on Valuation of Non Shelter Services memo. HUD expects to more fully address the issues that led to the release of this memo, as well as questions and concerns arising from the memo, in upcoming draft revisions to Chapter 9 of the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook.

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb (R) signed into law an omnibus tax law that creates a State LIHTC for fiscal years after June 30, 2023. S.B. 382 creates an Indiana LIHTC available to recipients of Federal four percent LIHTCs that can be taken over five years and carried forward up to nine years. The Indiana credit will be for up to 100 percent of the federal credits issued to the property.

National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its Advocates’ Guide 2022: A Primer on Federal Affordable Housing & Community Development Programs & Policies, a comprehensive resource for advocates and others involved in many aspects of affordable housing and community development.

On Monday, the White House released its FY 2023 budget proposal, which requests $71.9 billion in discretionary funding for HUD and $50 billion for “Addressing Cost Pressures and Expanding Economic Capacity.”  

In Revenue Procedure 2022-20, the Internal Revenue Service provides permanent authority to conduct telephonic public hearings for tax-exempt private activity bonds and QAPs.

The Internal Revenue Service published Internal Revenue Bulletin No. 2022-12, which contains calendar year 2022 resident population figures to calculate state allocations of the nine percent LIHTC and private activity bond cap.

Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and David Rouzer (R-NC) introduced the LIHTC Financing Enabling Long-term Investment in Neighborhood Excellence (LIFELINE) Act, H.R. 7078, which would allow states and localities to use Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) resources to make long-term loans to Housing Credit developments.

USDA’s Rural Housing Service published a Notice of Solicitation of Applications entitled, Multi-Family Housing Preservation and Revitalization Demonstration Program-Section 514 and Section 515 for Fiscal Year 2022.

HUD published a Federal Register notice adjusting the Annual Indexing of Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for Multifamily Housing Programs. The percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers is 4.2 percent and the limits have an effective date of Jan. 1, 2022.