Multi-Family Finance

National Housing & Rehabilitation (NH&RA) is pleased to offer digital audio recordings of select panel sessions from the 2010 New Markets Tax Credit Symposium (March 10) and the 2010 NH&RA Annual Meeting (March 11-13) in Miami Beach, Florida.

For a limited time only, you can get ANY single conference session recording FREE with your registration for one of NH&RA’s and/or NCAHMA’s upcoming events!

The Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund is seeking reviewers to assist in its review of applications received under the FY 2010 funding round of the new Capital Magnet Fund (CMF). This program will provide competitively awarded grants to CDFIs and qualified nonprofit housing organizations to finance affordable housing and related community and economic development activities.

Did you miss the 2010 Affordable Housing Conference & NH&RA Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, March 11-13? Don’t worry! NH&RA has made available digital audio recordings of select sessions from this year’s program!

NH&RA has made available the conference PowerPoint presentations from its 2010 Annual Meeting & NMTC Symposium, held March 10-13 in Miami Beach, Fla.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will present the Obama administration’s broad vision for the future of housing finance, including all private and public entities that support the mortgage market, to the Housing Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, March 23.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of Thrift Supervision recently adopted the final set of Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has indicated that the White House has no plan to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2010.

On Wednesday, Ted Tozer was sworn in as the President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae).

U.S. Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, recently announced that the government-backed mortgage finance giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are likely to be abolished and replaced with a new system for housing finance.

You can now purchase individual audio recordings of select panel sessions offered throughout 2009. Mix and match sessions from any 2009 event on one convenient CD-ROM!

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has sent a proposed rule to the Federal Register establishing new housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  The instructions include single-family and multifamily goals. FHFA is proposing multifamily goals for low-income families and for very low-income families, both expressed in terms of minimum numbers of units financed. In accordance with HERA, the GSEs will also be reporting their funding of low-income units in small (5-50 unit) multifamily properties.

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Edward DeMarco recently sent a letter to ranking members of the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee regarding the federal conservatorship of mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac