HUD

On May 23, President Obama announced significant cabinet position changes, including his nominations of Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio to become the next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and current HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan to head the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

All conference materials, PowerPoint presentations, relevant articles, reports, memos, etc. from the 2014 Spring Developers Forum are available below under the relevant session titles.

HUD has published its quarterly notice of all regulatory waivers that the Department has approved for the Office of Community Planning and Development, the Office of Housing – Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and the Office of Public and Indian Housing.

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On May 21, the full House Committee on Appropriations approved the fiscal year (FY) 2015 appropriations bill for the Department of Transportation, Department Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and Related Agencies by a vote of 28-21. There were no material amendments adopted in full committee markup.

All conference materials, PowerPoint presentations, relevant articles, reports, memos, etc. from the 2014 Spring Developers Forum are available below under the relevant session titles.

The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, May 15 endorsed the Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act of 2013 (S. 1217), by a bipartisan vote of 13-9.

Topics include: -What is a utility allowance and why they important? -Methods for UA calculation -Complexities and barriers to increased rents -Workaround and potential solutions -On bill repayment Download

The U.S. House of Representatives Transportation-HUD (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee on May 5, 2014 released its draft fiscal year (FY) 2015 appropriations legislation for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Minnesota: Minnesota Housing announced the availability of an estimated $70 million in funding through the 2014 consolidated Request for Proposals (RFP) and $12.5 million in 2015 Housing Tax Credits (Round 1).

Household energy consumption is crucial to national energy policy. This article analyzes how the rules covering utility costs in the four major federal housing assistance programs alter landlord and tenant incentives for energy efficiency investment and conservation. We conclude that, relative to market-rate housing, assistance programs provide less incentive to landlords and tenants for energy […]

A utility allowance table for Project-Based Section 8 comparing tenant versus owner paid rules governing utility allowances. Download