Public Housing

HUD has issued a set of draft documents for public comment for its Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Program.

The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) and the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) recently released the National Housing Preservation Database, which was created in an effort to provide communities with the information they need to effectively preserve their stock of public and affordable housing.

Smart Growth America recently published a report entitled “Federal Involvement in Real Estate: A call for examination”, to look at the effectiveness of various federal real estate investment programs and determine how well these programs influence development.

At his recent State of the State address, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York State will significantly increase its affordable housing investment with a $1 billion program to preserve or produce 14,000 affordable housing units over the next 5 years.

HUD approved the first round of conversions for public housing units and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation (Mod Rehab) units under the first component of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. Under the RAD notice, HUD proposed to approve the conversion of up to 60,000 public housing units and Section 8 Mod Rehab units to Section 8 Project-Based Assistance.

HUD recently released income limits for fiscal year (FY) 2013 which are used to determine the eligibility of applicants for HUD’s assisted housing programs, including the Public Housing program, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, Section 202 housing for the elderly program, and Section 811 housing for persons with disabilities program.

NH&RA was pleased to welcome over 200 industry professionals to our 2012 Fall Developers Forum. All conference materials including Power Point presentations, reports, memos and articles from the conference are available for download.

HUD has released information about resources and tools available to assist partners in dealing with the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy at HUD-assisted properties.

A new Senate bill introduced September 2012, S. 3538, would reduce administrative burdens and complexities for certain local public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer federal low-income housing programs. The purpose of the legislative measure is for PHAs to realize administrative savings, but the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) says the measure could present other, more harmful challenges.

HUD has published a list of workshop materials that were used at the Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Region IV Network Mixed Finance/Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Workshop.

HUD recently published Housing Notice 2012-20, FHA Underwriting Instructions for Projects Converting Assistance under the Rental Assistance Demonstration.

HUD has opened the competitive application period for conversions under the first component of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program.