HUD

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued a public notice adjusting the basic statutory mortgage limits for multifamily housing programs for calendar year 2011.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a new report designed to produce an index for every census tract and block group in the United States and Puerto Rico that identifies each tract’s and block group’s potential opportunity for Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders seeking housing.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its U.S. Housing Market Conditions Report for the fourth quarter of 2010.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has reintroduced her Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) authorizing legislation from the 111th Congress.

President Obama has named Barbara Fields as the New England regional administrator for HUD.

After four days of debate on the House floor, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive 2011 spending bill (HR 1) that would trim more than $60 billion off the government’s budget. The U. S. Senate majority Democrats remain at odds with the Republican controlled House of Representatives over the spending bill and are seeking much more modest spending cuts. President Obama has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk in its current form. The current continuing resolution expires on March 4.

HUD has issued a new Housing Notice (11-05) that allows for the deferral of flexible subsidy loans.

In an effort to promote a new generation of data-driven and evidence-based policy making, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today unveiled a new quarterly publication intended to inform housing and community development advocates, state and local policymakers, Congress and researchers on new approaches to issues related to housing and community development.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released it’s to Congress entitled, “Moving to Work: Interim Policy Applications and the Future of the Demonstration.”

In a frank and probing discussion, representatives of NH&RA’s HOPE VI Council and Policy Leadership Committee met with representatives HUD’s Offices of Multifamily Housing, Public & Indian Housing, Urban Revitalization and the Office of the Secretary on January 19 in search of common ground on the Administration’s Transformation of Rental Assistance (TRA) proposal. 

On February 11, the Obama Administration delivered a report to Congress that present a proposal for reforming America’s housing finance market.

HUD’s Economic and Market Analysis Division has released a Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis for the Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey market area.