Senior Housing

On January 4 the President signed Public Law the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-372).

Two pieces of legislation were passed by Congress last week and sent to President Obama for his signature.

HUD has issued a notice announcing the availability on its Web of a draft notice updating HUD’s guidance for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Programs.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HUD USER website recently released its final Quality Control for Rental Assistance Subsidy Determinations report for FY 2009.

The research symposium in PD&R’s newest issue of Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research: (Volume 12, Number 2) examines aging in place models that effectively link older residents of assisted housing to supportive services.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting public comments to help HUD better understand sponsor perspectives on the effectiveness of the Demonstration Planning Grant (DPG) program in assisting Section 202 properties reach initial closing within 18 months of fund reservation, as well as the DPG application process and the overall administration of the grant program.

HUD has released its proposal to Congress for its Transformation of Rental Assistance (TRA) Program. The proposed legislation would authorize major changes to HUD’s rental assistance programs, aimed at rethinking the entire nature of rental assistance, making it more user-friendly, enabling more tenant mobility, facilitating more preservation and development.

The $350 million proposal would provide owners of public and HUD-assisted housing the opportunity to convert to Section 8 like property-based rental assistance contracts. This would provide owners an important new tool to sustain operations and leverage private financing to address long-term capital needs and implement energy-efficiency improvements. View the complete story for a section-by-section summary.

Major decisions are being made in Washington that affect the future of tax credit development. But these decisions aren’t made in a vacuum – they are made after consultation with industry experts, constituents and consumers. You should be part of the conversation! Join NH&RA in Washington, DC for its 2010 Spring Policy Forum.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research has updated its comprehensive profile of subsidized housing in the United States. The Picture of Subsidized Households 2008 data set describes the nearly 5 million households living in HUD-subsidized housing in the United States in 2008.

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate conferees have agreed to a $446.8 billion omnibus appropriations bill (HR 3288). This “˜omnibus’ legislation includes the Transportation-HUD appropriations measure as well as the Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services, Labor-Health and Human Services, Milcon-VA, and State-Foreign Operations bills.

The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate conferees have agreed to a $446.8 billion omnibus appropriations bill (HR 3288). This “˜omnibus’ legislation includes the Transportation-HUD appropriations measure as well as the Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services, Labor-Health and Human Services, Milcon-VA, and State-Foreign Operations bills.

A new AARP report co-authored by the National Housing Trust and Reconnecting America has found that more than 250,000 privately-owned, federally subsidized apartments exist within walking distance to quality transit in 20 metro areas.