HUD

Members of NH&RA’s HOPE VI Council had a productive meeting with key officials of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development at the Association’s recent Spring Policy Forum, May 20-21 in Washington, DC.

The U.S. House of Representatives amended and passed HR 4899 (The Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010). Although previously passed by the Senate, due to House amendments, the Senate will need to reconsider the measure.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released its 2009 American Housing Survey (AHS), a comprehensive analysis of the characteristics of U.S. housing units and their occupants.

The House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing & Urban Development has released the Chairman’s mark-up for its FY-2011 the HUD Funding Bill.

HUD has published its quarterly notice of all regulatory waivers that HUD has approved.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a notice announcing that HUD will allow Section 8 income limits to decrease beginning with the FY-2010 income limits, but will limit all annual decreases to no more than 5 percent, and limit all annual increases to 5 percent or twice the change in national median family income, whichever is greater.

The U.S. Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have announced that they will join forces to award up to $75 million in funding ““ $35 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) II Planning Grants and $40 million in Sustainable Community Challenge Grants for localized planning activities that ultimately lead to projects that integrate transportation, housing and economic development.

In an effort to better serve the new generation of information seekers, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently launched several new tools for improving connectivity and transparency through various social media networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

he U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a notice that makes corrections to the FY-2009 Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities NOFA, released on April 7, 2010.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the public use dataset from the 2009 American Housing Survey (AHS) national sample.

HUD has published its twelfth in the series of worst case housing needs reports.

Four affordable housing developments are the recipients of the HUD Secretary’s Housing and Community Design Award for excellence in residential housing design.