HUD

HUD recently released its proposed fair market rents (FMRs) for FY 2013. FMRs are used to determine payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, to determine initial renewal rents for some expiring project-based Section 8 contracts, etc.

NH&RA is pleased to offer the Power Point presentations, relevant articles, reports, memos, etc. from our recent 2012 Summer Institute and New Markets Tax Credit Symposium, which was held July 25-28, 2012 at the Harbor View Hotel on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

A new report from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities entitled “Renters’ Tax Credit Would Promote Equity and Advance Balanced Housing Policy” examines how a renter tax credit could help in implementing a more balanced federal housing policy.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently announced that the winning bidders in a real estate owned (REO) pilot initiative, REO to Rental program, have been chosen and transactions are expected to close soon.

The White House Council on Strong Cities, Strong Communities (SC2) will hold a conference call on Thursday, July 12 to gather input on how the new SC2 National Resource Network program (SC2 Network) ““ a critical component of the SC2 initiative ““ can assist economically distressed communities. HUD plans to make approximately $5 million available for the SC2 Network to help strengthen local communities and spur economic growth.

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 (PIH).

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report which examines how the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) determine veteran eligibility for the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program, what data VA and HUD collect and report on HUD-VASH, their data reliability efforts, and what is known about HUD-VASH performance.

The White House recently issued a policy statement regarding HR 5972, the House of Representatives FY 2013 appropriations measure for the Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

HUD recently issued Notice FR-5607-N-22 to solicit comments on the Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring (Mark to Market) program.

The U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Health and Human Services (HHS) recently launched the Smoke-Free Housing Toolkits, which are designed to encourage and guide public housing authorities and private owners of federally assisted multifamily housing developments to adopt smoke-free policies to protect residents from the dangers of second-hand smoke and to reduce property maintenance costs.

A new GAO report examines public housing agencies and localities’ use of Recovery Act Public Housing Capital Funds, and reports on the progress that PHAs and housing finance agencies have made in spending grant funds.

PowerPoint presentations and conference materials from our 2012 Spring Developers Forum are available for download.