General News

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research is soliciting abstracts for presentations at the 2nd Annual American Housing Survey User Conference, scheduled for the Spring of 2012. Interested scholars and professionals are invited to submit research papers that apply the special features of the AHS datasets to issues of current interest.

New Hampshire Housing has released its annual statewide survey of nearly 31,000 rental units in order to monitor rental costs, provide information to housing data users, and to support New Hampshire Housing’s program administration.

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA) is spearheading the National Affordable Housing Equality Initiative (NAHE) to raise awareness about the problems caused by outdated restrictions in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program.

Louisiana Housing Finance Agency has released frequently asked questions with regards to its 2012 online LIHTC application process.

HUD is soliciting comments from the public on the Tenant Resource Network (TRN) Program.

Maryland’s Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) recently issued Multifamily Housing Notice 11-06 which makes several announcements and reminders for multifamily developers.

California’s Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) has issued a memorandum that provides guidance for second round applicants regarding final tiebreaker scoring.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced that LEED Volume Program for operations & Maintenance is now available for existing green building projects.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released revised fiscal year (FY) 2011 income limits for certain areas.

Oregon’s state legislature recently passed a bill (SB 817) that creates a matching state tax credit to the federal New Markets Tax Credit to further “incentivize” economic development targeted to hard-hit areas.

After more than a year of deliberating, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has announced that the state is abolishing its Council on Affordable Housing, which previously enforced the state’s affordable housing obligations.

In anticipation of issuing the draft 2012 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Plan, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency is seeking input from its housing partners on the proposed plan.