HUD

The $30 million HUD Grant, the first ever awarded to a community in Arizona, will leverage $185 Million of additional funding to provide over 1,000 families with new, high-quality, affordable and market-rate housing, along with significant neighborhood improvements.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI), would authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to carry out a housing choice voucher mobility demonstration to encourage families receiving such voucher assistance to move to lower-poverty areas and expand access to opportunity areas.

Florida’s Action Plan, which oversees $616 million, includes $100 million for workforce affordable rental new construction.

HUD recently published two Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) federal notices that codify FY 2018 Appropriations Act provisions (including authority for a substantial increase of public housing units) as well as revised HUD policies encompassing five innovations to improve RAD.

350 attendees packed HUD’s auditorium to learn about topics including resident rights and protections, the importance of strategic planning, and innovative uses of RAD to achieve local objectives.

The proposal would reorganize several aspects of the Federal Government, with affordable housing and GSE reform in the mix.

Due to procedural rules, Congress had until June 22 to pass the rescissions with a simple majority.

HUD has released a new FAQ document for executing Section 8(bb) transfers, which allows for the transfer of budget authority from a terminated/expiring Project-Based Rental Assistance HAP contract to a new or existing PBRA HAP contract.

The addendum provides interested parties with a list and map of eligible parishes in which rural pool projects must be located to compete for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds.

Scoring has been changed this year to further incentivize serving special populations including homelessness and the TCAC opportunity map, among other items. Two workshops are also planned in conjunction with the NOFA.

EnVision Centers will offer HUD-assisted families access to services that can help them achieve self-sufficiency and serve as an incubator to support four key pillars of self-sufficiency: economic empowerment; educational advancement; health and wellness; and character and leadership.

The Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2017 (H.R. 4557) proposes to permanently authorize the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.