General News
Oregon Celebrates 2025 Supportive Housing Institute Graduates
Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), in partnership with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), announced the graduation of seven project teams from the 2025 Oregon Supportive Housing Institute (SHI). These teams receive intensive training and technical assistance to help design and develop Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH). The SHI is a key part of Oregon’s […]
Louisville, Kentucky Metro Brownfield Program
The Louisville Metro Brownfield Program can help by providing below-market rate brownfield clean-up loans (subject to funding availability): The program does not currently have environmental site assessment funding available, but eligible nonprofits can apply for free Phase I & II assessments through the State of Kentucky’s Targeted Assistance to Brownfields Program. Program staff are available to provide general guidance […]
Kentucky TEB Applications Due October 23
Applications for the 2025 Tax-Exempt Bond (TEB) Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) funding round are due by 12 p.m. ET Thursday, October 23, 2025. Some reminders for application submission: Any application-related questions and/or pre-application waivers must be submitted by 12 p.m. ET Thursday, October 16, 2025. After this deadline, KHC will only answer technical questions related to […]
California Announces Funding to Create Thousands of Affordable Homes for Families
The California Department of Housing and Community Development announced awards totaling just over $414.2 million and will make possible the development or rehabilitation of 2,099 homes in 16 California counties. Of those homes, 794 are reserved for extremely low-income Californians—defined as people earning up to 30 percent of Area Median Income (AMI); 866 are reserved […]
Iowa Finance Authority Awards Nearly $200,000 to Innovative Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Efforts
The Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) announced Friends of the Family and Iowa Legal Aid as winners of its second annual Innovation in Homelessness Pitch Competition. The event took place at the Housing Iowa Conference in Cedar Rapids last week, awarding a total of nearly $200,000 to groundbreaking initiatives that otherwise may not have been possible. […]
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Issues PHARE RFP to Support Local Housing Initiatives
The PHFA is issuing a Request for Proposals soliciting applications from organizations for projects to improve the availability and affordability of housing across the commonwealth. Funding for this RFP is being provided through the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement (PHARE) Fund. The total PHARE funding available this year exceeds $85 million. To date, $435 […]
Tennessee Housing Development Agency Awards Over $25 Million in Federal Housing Credits
The Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) announced in late July that it awarded over $25 million in annual 9% federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), which will lead to the construction and rehabilitation of 988 affordable housing units in the state. These credits are expected to generate a total of $250 million over the […]
OHFA Board Approves Financing for Six Housing Developments
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) Board approved financing from various programs to support six housing developments to create or preserve affordable housing units throughout the state. The developments that received Board approvals for funding are: Central Northeast Southwest
Kansas: Notice of Housing Needs Hearing for the Draft 2026 Annual Action Plan
The proposed 2026 Action Plan will be available for public comment from October 1 to 31, 2025, on the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation website. Limited hard copies will be available at the public hearing site and upon request. Please direct written comments to the attention of the Consolidated Plan, at the address listed below. Estimated resources available […]
Yardi Matrix Report
Yardi Matrix released their National Affordable Housing Report which compares rents between market rate and fully affordable housing units in their database. By The Numbers: The database encompasses 120,000 multifamily properties (26,000 fully affordable) and 23 million units (3.5 million fully affordable).
Delaware Governor Signs Bill into Law to Establish the Affordable Rental Housing Program
Governor Matt Meyer signed Senate Bill 150 which establishes the Affordable Rental Housing Program to provide loans that expand affordable housing for low- and moderate-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities. For more information, click here.
Ohio Issues Public Hearing Notice for the 2026 Housing Development Gap Financing (HDGF) Guidelines
The Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) noticed a public hearing to receive comments for the first draft of the 2026 HDGF Guidelines. The time and call-in information for the hearing is Friday, September 19, 2025, from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. Access the meeting link here.