Public Housing

NH&RA is pleased to offer .PDF versions of the PowerPoint slides presented at the 2011 Summer Institute & New Markets Tax Credit Symposium.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting public comments by September 18 on a proposed rule that would revise current requirements for physical needs assessments (PNAs) for public housing properties.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today released a study entitled, “Capital Needs in the Public Housing Program” that finds the nation’s 1.2 million public housing units need an estimated $25.6 billion for large scale repairs.

NH&RA is pleased to make available the slides presented at the recent 2011 NCAHMA Spring Affordable Housing Policy & Underwriting Forum, April 27-28 in Washington, DC. Slides will be available to the public for a limited time only, and then only available to NH&RA members.

The Transportation, Housing, Urban Development and Related Agencies section of the CR contains a total of $55.5 billion, a $12.3 billion, or 18%, reduction from fiscal year 2010 levels, and a reduction of $13.2 billion, or 20%, from the President’s fiscal year 2011 request.

As you are all no doubt aware, it seems very likely that the Congress will not meet its deadline to pass a continuing resolution to fund the Federal Government. Congress still has until midnight tonight (April 8, 2011) to pass appropriations legislation. In the event that the government does shutdown, HUD’s activities will be severely constrained….

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has issued a new paper titled “Converting Funding of Some Public Housing Developments to Section 8 Subsidies Would Help Preserve Needed Units.”

Today the White House released its FY-2011 Budget Proposal.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released it’s to Congress entitled, “Moving to Work: Interim Policy Applications and the Future of the Demonstration.”

NH&RA’s Council for Energy Friendly Affordable Housing recently authored a new white paper suggesting way to improve how utility allowances are calculated for energy efficient LIHTC and HUD-assisted multifamily housing.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued Notice H 2011-01, which announces that owners with Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance Contracts or Section 202 or 811 Project Rental Assistance Contracts must obtain Dun and Bradstreet Numbering System (DUNS) numbers and register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) within 60 days of the notice’s publication or January 5, 2011.

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a full-year continuing resolution last week to fund the federal government through the remainder of FY 2011, which ends September 30, 2011.