Public Housing

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Policy Development and Research recently published the overall Physical Inspection Scores of HUD-assisted and subsidized properties to the HUD USER website.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed on December 16 the Jobs for Main Street Act, which includes over $150 billion in provisions intended to spur job creation and fund various infrastructure and relief programs with targeted investments for highways and transit, school renovation, hiring of teachers, police, and firefighters, and job training.

The Hawaii Public Housing Authority is considering a proposal that would effectively dismantle the state’s oversight of public housing.

National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts (NCAHMA) has made available the PowerPoint slides presented during its recent 2009 Affordable Housing Underwriting Forum & Annual Meeting, held November 9-10, 2009 at the Doubletree Hotel Magnificent Mile in Chicago, IL.

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation recently appropriated $1 million through the Public Housing Mitigation Initiative to the state’s public housing authorities to rehabilitate the aging public housing stock across Florida.

NH&RA announced today that a rare assemblage of five state allocators from adjoining Midwestern states will be a highlight of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Affordable Housing Market Analysts (NCAHMA) at Chicago’s Doubletree Hotel on November 9 and 10.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is requesting public comments and feedback by November 6 to determine whether it should continue its “hold harmless” policy by maintaining local Section 8 income limits at the previously published level in cases where HUD’s estimate of area median family income or housing cost adjustment data, or changes in calculation methodology, would lead to a reduction in the income limit from the previous year.

HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Housing Investments Dominique Blom will be delivering one of the Keynote Addresses at this year’s NH&RA Fall Developers Forum in Boston, November 2-3 at the Taj Hotel. Secretary Blom oversees HUD’s Urban Revitalization – HOPE VI Division as well as its Capital Program Division. Secretary Blom is also playing a leadership role in the design of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI), a program proposed in President Obama’s FY-2010 Budget.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released final fair market rents (FMR) for Fiscal Year 2010, used to determine payment standard amounts for the Housing Choice Voucher program.

The Florida Housing Finance Corporation has published its draft strategic housing plan to provide a clear framework for policy and operation decisions at FHFC.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Friday (Sept. 18) announced $300 million in funding awards to 36 public housing authorities (PHA) to utilize green materials and technology to create public housing that conserves energy and encourages more healthy lifestyles.

NH&RA pleased to announce we will be returning to the Taj Hotel (formerly the Ritz-Carlton) for our Annual Boston Fall Developers Forum November 2-3, 2009. This is a can’t miss event for developers and affordable housing professionals looking to get the latest updates on state-of-the-art transactions and breaking news from the Congress, HUD and HFAs.
Online registration is now open and the hotel is taking reservations at our group rate. Click here to register online.