HUD

HUD released a notice of funding availability (NOFA) for its Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grants. Approximately $164 million is available for implementation grants that support the implementation of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization plans. Applications are due on November 4, 2019.

On July 30, HUD published the FY 2019 HOME Match Reductions list, which includes match reductions granted for FY 2019 due to fiscal distress, severe fiscal distress and Presidential disaster declarations.

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation issued RFA 2019-102 Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) to be used in conjunction with Tax-Exempt MMRB and Non-Competitive Housing Credits in Counties Deemed Hurricane Recovery Priorities. Interested parties may access the complete RFA and the online Application to apply for funding here.

The Universal Funding Application  for the 2020 multifamily Housing Credit funding round is available with applications due by noon EDT on, August 15.

The California State Senate passed SB 329, which would expand the California Fair Employment and Housing Act’s protections to add federal, state and local public assistance and housing subsidies—including Housing Vouchers—to the Act’s source of income protections

Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) introduced the No Biometric Barriers Housing Act of 2019, which would prohibit the use of biometric recognition technology in federally subsidized housing and require HUD to submit a report to Congress on the use of such technology in public housing. T

Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Senate version of the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019 (S. 2301). The bill would help target Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) resources to survivors with the greatest needs, ensure greater data transparency and oversight, protect civil rights and fair housing, and encourage disaster mitigation and resiliency.

Following the House passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House Appropriations Committee requesting $5 billion in FY 2020 funding for HUD’s McKinney Vento Homeless Assistance Grant program. Chairwoman Maxine Waters introduced […]

HUD opened registration for its new National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) Demonstration. NH&RA encourages all eligible PHAs, owners and agents to participate in the NSPIRE demonstration. Properties will be given an advisory NSPIRE score and the most recent UPCS score will remain on the books. NSPIRE demonstration participants will have the opportunity to shape the new REAC inspection protocol and to prepare in advance of the mandatory changes.

In an ongoing effort to make information available on the impacts of RAD in communities around the country, HUD has published new state-by-state RAD fact sheets that provide summary information on the RAD activity in each state. The data is “live” and updates real-time as properties complete the conversion process.

HUD’s Office of Asset Management and Portfolio Oversight (OAMPO) recently issued a memo clarifying owners’ responsibilities to notify residents in advance of physical inspections, to make final inspection documents available for review and comment and suggested collaborative implementation of new house rules. 

Last week HUD announced $330 million in grants to clean up lead-based paint hazards and other housing-related health and safety hazards. HUD’s grants will direct funds to qualifying cities, counties, states and Native American tribal governments to eliminate dangerous lead paint hazards.