HUD

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) introduced legislation (HR 3068) that would that would send $2.5 billion in TARP dividends to housing programs created by the last Congress and dedicate $4 billion of what remains from the original $700 billion in TARP funding to other efforts to help struggling homeowners.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan yesterday announced that HUD has approved requests from 26 states for over $1 billion in funding through the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP), provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

On June 18, 2009, an updated version of Housing Notice 09-03 Exclusion of Deferred Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Benefits from Annual Income was posted on HUDCLIPS.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research has updated its Guide to HUD USER Data Sets.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research has published a series of reports as components of its American Housing Survey that describe changes in the nation’s housing inventory and rental markets from 2005-2007.

Mercedez Marquez has been confirmed as the Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a draft notice of funding availability (NOFA) for approximately $30 million for Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers to be delivered to non-elderly disabled families served by entities experienced in supportive housing services.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Research & Development has made available a report and supporting data that provides a regional or metropolitan perspective on residential and business vacancies using mail delivery data from the US Postal Service.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it has joined the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Recovery Act online mapping tool by adding vital HUD data to USDA’s tool, which allows Americans to learn how and where HUD is spending funds provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Sandra Henriquez was recently sworn in as the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s Assistant Secretary for the Office of Public and Indian Housing.

Yesterday U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced HUD’s proposed fiscal year 2010 budget. The budget represents a renewed commitment to multifamily housing, interagency partnerships and program transparency.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has scheduled a public meeting for June 18th to receive comments on its proposal to amend the eligibility provisions under the Weatherization Assistance Program for certain HUD assisted and Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties.