HUD

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.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed The FHA Reform Act of 2010 (H.R. 5072) on a vote of 406-4.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released its “Policy Requirements and General Section to HUD’s FY-2010 NOFAs for Discretionary Programs.”

HUD has released its proposal to Congress for its Transformation of Rental Assistance (TRA) Program. The proposed legislation would authorize major changes to HUD’s rental assistance programs, aimed at rethinking the entire nature of rental assistance, making it more user-friendly, enabling more tenant mobility, facilitating more preservation and development.

The $350 million proposal would provide owners of public and HUD-assisted housing the opportunity to convert to Section 8 like property-based rental assistance contracts. This would provide owners an important new tool to sustain operations and leverage private financing to address long-term capital needs and implement energy-efficiency improvements. View the complete story for a section-by-section summary.

Today (Friday, May 28) the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (Tax Extenders Legislation). The legislation contains several provisions of note for affordable housing and tax credit developers…

NH&RA is pleased to offer a CD-ROM containing digital audio recordings of select panel sessions from the Spring Forum.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that it has extended its deadline for public comment on the FY-2011 research agenda.