NH&RA, along with 80 other housing organizations, signed onto a letter sent to Secretary Scott Turner opposing HUD’s decision to end the Restore-Rebuild program.
This letter is in response to HUD’s May 12 memo sent to all public housing authorities effectively shutting down the Restore-Rebuild Initiative (formerly known as Faircloth-to-RAD.)
Go Deeper: See our coverage and industry analysis on the original memo in our May 20 edition.
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing programs (MFH) launched an updated Capital Needs Assessment (CNA) e-tool.
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report on June 17. Mutifamily Impact By the Numbers: Affordable Housing Impact By the Numbers: Watch the webinar and panel discussion recording that accompanied the report release here.
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is headed to the President’s desk after passing the Senate on Monday, 85-5, and the House on Tuesday, 358-32. Why This Matters: Some of the most important provisions to NH&RA members include: Go Even Deeper: The Bipartisan Policy Center released an explainer detailing each section of the bill […]
HUD released a Request for Information (RFI) with the aim of moving to product-specific (general applicability) waivers for BABA, as opposed to project-specific waivers. HUD is asking for information on domestic availability of manufactured products in specific categories: Why This Matters: This is likely the fastest moving opportunity for relief on BABA. The RFI has […]