General News

The Urban Institute recently published two blogs: The CARES Act Eviction Moratorium Covers All Federally Financed Rentals—That’s One in Four US Rental Units and We Must Act Quickly to Protect Millions of Vulnerable Renters. Urban estimates that eviction moratoria covering federally financed properties will apply to roughly 12.3 million (28 percent) of the 43.8 million […]

Market study analysts may encounter hindrances to completing work, particularly related to field work and accessing market information. If circumstances restrict analysts’ ability to complete a market study, Minnesota Housing suggests the following alternatives for information-gathering:

The Executive Committee of the National Council of Housing Market Analysts developed a memo on COVID-19’s Impact on Field Work for Market Studies, given the challenges of completing real estate analysis including site inspections during the current environment with office closures and travel restrictions.

In response to the mounting Coronavirus public health crisis, NH&RA launched a dedicated section of our website to keep stakeholders apprised of the evolving guidance. The webpage lists all news stories with the COVID-19 tag in the order in which they were added and stories can be filtered by state. NH&RA is pleased announce a […]

The Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) and Marcus & Millichap surveyed multifamily owners, operators and developers representing nearly 900,000 units across the country to gauge their market sentiment.

The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) deadline submission for the 2020 LIHTC application will continue to be Thursday, April 30, at 3:00 pm ET. No new applications will be accepted after this deadline.

The Leading Voices in Real Estate podcast with host Matt Slepin recently held a special episode on COVID-19’s Impact on Commercial Real Estate with  Spencer Levy, chairman, Americas Research & senior economic advisor at CBRE. Levy outlines the potential implications the pandemic has across various sectors including multifamily, retail, industrial and office and digs into the impacts on a few specialty product types like co-working, seniors housing, data centers and self-storage.

NH&RA is hosting a members-only town hall to provide a forum for affordable housing owners and operators to share COVID-19 best practices on Thursday, March 26 from 3:00-4:30 pm EDT.

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently aired its new documentary, East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story. Stories from East Lake Meadow residents in Atlanta reveal hardship and resilience, and raise critical questions about race, poverty and who is deserving of public assistance.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted interim guidance on preventing the spread of COVID-19 in retirement communities and independent living facilities.

The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) launched a new COVID-19 Resources website that complies guidance from federal agencies, state housing agencies and general resources on the pandemic. To suggest a resource for this page, or if you have a question, please contact NCSHA. The Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition’s (AHTCC) resource page is […]

The rapid escalation of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic is having a deeply unsettling impact on the on how we live and how we work.  It is testing our disaster response system in unanticipated ways and will require a new kind of resilience from us.  Perhaps our most critical issue right now is balance: how to be stewards for some of the most vulnerable members of our society while, at the same time, navigating our own personal uncertainties and business obligations.