HUD

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report on the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program that focuses on the processes entitlement communities use to make funding decisions.

White House officials and representatives from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently held a conference call with industry stakeholders to discuss the third round of funding through the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP3) and its impact on communities across the country.

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Inspector General Kenneth M. Donohue has announced that he will leave government service in October.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has designated Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) for 2011 for purposes of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.

Following up on a meeting held earlier in June with representatives from Obama Administration’s Domestic Policy Council, Council For Environmental Quality and Recovery Implementation Office, NH&RA’s Council for Energy Friendly Affordable Housing (CEFAH) has issued a set of recommendations to amend the rules governing the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).

Yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee advanced two proposed bills to preserve affordable rental housing and revitalize public housing.

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today announced an additional $1 billion in funding to all states along with a number of counties and local communities through the third round of HUD’s Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP).

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting comments from the public on the forms it recently made available for the purpose of determining the operating subsidy obligation and proration level for Public Housing Agencies (PHA).

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting comments from the public on the forms it recently made available for the purpose of determining the operating subsidy obligation and proration level for Public Housing Agencies (PHA).

The Urban Institute, a non-partisan research think-tank, has published a new paper entitled “Why Housing Choice and Mobility Matter.”

HUD’s Federal Housing Administration has issued regulations for its multifamily mortgage insurance program relating to a provision in Title VIII of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 that prohibits a requirement that tax credit sales proceeds be placed into escrow, at the time of initial endorsement, for assurance of project completion and to pay the initial service charge, carrying charges, and legal and organizational expenses incident to the construction of the project.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a preview of its U.S. Housing Market Conditions report for the second quarter of 2010.