Florida

Florida

Florida State NMTC Bill Reported Out Of Committee”

The Florida House of Representatives introduced legislation that would alter the state’s New Markets Development Program. The measure, House Bill 1229, passed both the Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations Committee and the Economic Development Policy Committee.

Florida

NCAHMA Plans Market Study Training in Florida

The National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts will be conducting market study traning for tax credit staff of the Florida Housing Finance Commission, the state’s administrative body for the low-income housing tax credit program.

Florida

HUD Selects New Participants in Moving to Work Program

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary Sandra B. Henriquez has announced an additional three public housing agencies (PHA) that have been chosen to participate in HUD’s Moving To Work (MTW) program.

Florida

Florida Agency Launches Green Building Website

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation recently launched a new web site to encourage green building practices in affordable housing across the state of Florida.

Florida

Florida Implements Public Housing Mitigation Initiative

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation recently appropriated $1 million through the Public Housing Mitigation Initiative to the state’s public housing authorities to rehabilitate the aging public housing stock across Florida.

Florida

Florida Issues ARRA Guidelines, Criteria

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation has published guidelines for the issuance of RFPs for the low-income housing tax credit assistance (TCAP) and Exchange programs, provided for by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Alabama

States’ ARRA Resource Page

NH&RA will continue to update the ARRA resource page below as information is made available.

Florida

Florida Schedules Public Hearing on ARRA

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation has scheduled a public hearing on April 8 in Tallahassee to receive comments and suggestions from interested persons relative to the methodology to be used regarding the implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Florida

Census Releases American Housing Survey Metropolitan Reports

Metropolitan reports (in PDF format) from the 2007 American Housing Survey are available for download at the U.S. Census Bureau’s Web site.

Florida

HUD Issues Comprehensive Market Analysis for Fort Lauderdale Area

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issue a new comprehensive housing market analysis report for Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL.

Florida

Florida Schedules Hearing on Senate Bill

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) has scheduled a public hearing for February 17 to solicit comments regarding the implementation of the directives in state Senate Bill 2A, which cuts, redirects, and sweeps housing trust fund monies.

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