General News

Florida Housing Finance Corporation (FHFC) recently released a draft white paper that examines the jobs created by the construction and/or preservation of low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) developments.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has reintroduced her Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI) authorizing legislation from the 111th Congress.

President Obama has named Barbara Fields as the New England regional administrator for HUD.

After four days of debate on the House floor, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a comprehensive 2011 spending bill (HR 1) that would trim more than $60 billion off the government’s budget. The U. S. Senate majority Democrats remain at odds with the Republican controlled House of Representatives over the spending bill and are seeking much more modest spending cuts. President Obama has vowed to veto the measure if it reaches his desk in its current form. The current continuing resolution expires on March 4.

Client seeking qualified consultants to respond to an RFP to prepare a market analysis/feasibility study in a neighborhood in North Detroit.

California Tax Credit Allocation Committee has issued a notice announcing 2011 estimates for its annual tax credit set asides and geographic apportionments.

HUD has issued a new Housing Notice (11-05) that allows for the deferral of flexible subsidy loans.

In an effort to promote a new generation of data-driven and evidence-based policy making, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan today unveiled a new quarterly publication intended to inform housing and community development advocates, state and local policymakers, Congress and researchers on new approaches to issues related to housing and community development.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released it’s to Congress entitled, “Moving to Work: Interim Policy Applications and the Future of the Demonstration.”

In a frank and probing discussion, representatives of NH&RA’s HOPE VI Council and Policy Leadership Committee met with representatives HUD’s Offices of Multifamily Housing, Public & Indian Housing, Urban Revitalization and the Office of the Secretary on January 19 in search of common ground on the Administration’s Transformation of Rental Assistance (TRA) proposal. 

President Obama has announced an ambitious new building retrofit initiative as part of a his push to “Win The Future.” The “Better Buildings Initiative” will calls for an overhaul of tax incentives for energy efficiency upgrades at commercial buildings, as well as new federal spending for a large-scale retrofit initiative.

On February 11, the Obama Administration delivered a report to Congress that present a proposal for reforming America’s housing finance market.