HUD

HUD has released the August 2011 edition of ResearchWorks, the official online newsletter from HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research.

In a press release dated August 22, HUD’s Federal Housing Administration announced that there been such demand for FHA-insured financing to build, rehabilitate or refinance multifamily apartment properties. FHA today announced that it has endorsed $10.5 billion in multifamily rental housing loans since last October, with another month-and-a-half remaining in the fiscal year.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the proposed fair market rents (FMRs) for fiscal year 2012.

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a white paper that proposes options for the uses and flexibility of the new data sample for the 2015 American Housing Survey (AHS).

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has released the latest U.S. Housing Market Conditions report for the second quarter of 2011.

WHEDA’s six part series on processing HUD Section 8 Contract Renewals and Rent Adjustments is now available through their website here.

A new issue of Cityscape features a symposium that examines rental housing policy in the United States from a variety of forward-looking perspectives.

HUD has created a new web-based mapping tool displaying the location all foreclosed properties being held by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA).

On July 18, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) unveiled a massive deficit reduction plan that calls for slashing federal spending, including for housing programs, and eliminating tax credit programs that promote affordable housing and community development, historic preservation, and renewable energy production.

In response to a recent White House discussion meeting which called for bold action to tackle the nation’s ongoing housing troubles, Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) has sent a letter to President Obama proposing a number of recommendations that would significantly impact the development of affordable rental housing.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a final rule to implement an update to the baseline Federal energy efficiency performance standards for the construction of new Federal buildings.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research has issued two important reports on the nation’s rental housing markets: Rental Market Dynamics: 2007″“2009 and Components of Inventory Change: 2007″“2009.