HUD

The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has posted a Draft 2012 Consolidated Annual Action Plan which dictates the funding objectives of DHCD for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDs (HOPWA) programs.

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The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has announced it is planning to launch the first phase of its Multifamily Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Pilot program, which will test an accelerated approval process for the purchase or refinancing of LIHTC properties.

The Obama Administration released its FY 2013 budget on February 13, 2012, proposing spending levels for federal departments, agencies, and programs for the fiscal year that begins October 1, 2012. Click here for background on the federal budget process.

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division has released Comprehensive Housing Market Analyses for College Station-Bryan, TX; Columbia, SC; Lancaster, PA; Manchester-Nashua, NH.

HUD published a notice in the Federal Register to announce the inflation factors that will be used to adjust FY 2012 Renewal Funding for the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance voucher program or Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program.

A new report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) indicates that several factors including rising rents, declining household incomes, and decisions to expand the number of assisted households were key drivers of the approximately 29 percent increase (before inflation) in housing agencies’ expenditures for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program between 2003 and 2010.

HUD today published a Notice in the Federal Register designating the Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs) for the LIHTC program.

The House of Representatives Financial Services Committee will hold a full committee markup session on the draft Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2012 (AHSSIA) legislation on Wednesday April 18 at 10:00 am in the Rayburn Building.

HUD has issued a summary of the public comments received on the agency’s draft environmental justice strategy released in September 2011, the agency’s response to those comments and the final document.

HUD has published a notice in today’s Federal Register announcing the FY-2012 Annual Adjustment Factors (AFF) for adjustment of contract rents for owners participating in the Section 8 housing assistance payment programs.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has released its latest Best Practices Report for the High Point Community Revitalization in Seattle, Washington.