HUD

HUD has issued a new mortgagee letter (2010-26) and Housing Notice (2010-16) to all FHA-Approved Multifamily Mortgagees issuing further policy guidance to defer submission of final architectural plans and specifications introduced by Mortgagee Letter 2008-19, 19), titled “Streamlined Processing of Multifamily Mortgage Insurance Applications Involving Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).”

Today, the Obama administration is holding its Conference on the Future of Housing Finance at the Treasury Department. The conference will be moderated by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and HUD Secretary Shawn Donovan, and will feature a diverse slate of panelists representing various stakeholder groups who will discuss housing finance reform as it pertains to the broader financial markets and the administration’s broader housing policy goals.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting comments from the public on the data collection process for the 2011 American Housing Survey (AHS).

The Obama Administration has announced expanded opportunities for public engagement on the future of our nation’s housing finance system, including Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

NH&RA is please to offer TEN digital audio recordings of select panel sessions from its recent 2010 Summer Institute & Pre-Conference Symposium on New Markets Tax Credits!

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a report through its Office of Policy Development & Research’s HUD USER website that explores the possibility of using small area statistical techniques provided by the American Community Survey (ACS) to generate data for areas not covered by the American Housing Survey (AHS).

On July 29, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Fiscal Year 2011 appropriations bill (H.R. 5850) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Transportation, and certain other agencies.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its proposed Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Fiscal Year 2011.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting public comments to help HUD better understand sponsor perspectives on the effectiveness of the Demonstration Planning Grant (DPG) program in assisting Section 202 properties reach initial closing within 18 months of fund reservation, as well as the DPG application process and the overall administration of the grant program.

The Senate Banking Committee has approved the Livable Communities Act (S. 1619), a bill proposed by Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) to improve the coordination between federal housing, community development, transportation, energy, and environmental policies.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released maps of American Housing Survey (AHS) metropolitan zones through its HUD USER website.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a Comprehensive Housing Market Analysis for the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina market area.