News

HUD’s Office of Production issued temporary, three-month guidance implementing a procedural change to its underwriting queue to improve process efficiency.

HUD’s Office of Recapitalization recently released timelines for year-end closings of Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) transactions.

The Virginia Housing Alliance is accepting nominations for its Annual Award through June 30.

Today, Secretary Marcia Fudge launched Our Way Home, a HUD-led effort to address the nation’s housing supply challenges.

Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service urging the expedited release of a final rule on income averaging under the LIHTC program.

Two new guidance pieces from HUD clarify how certain marketing, rental application processing and waitlist management practices can perpetuate segregation or otherwise discriminate in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Last week the Senate voted 49-46 to confirm Sandra Thompson as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the Fiscal Year 2022 Request for Applications (RFA) for its Section 533 Housing Preservation Grant, which funds the repair or rehabilitation of housing owned or occupied by low- and very-low-income rural citizens.

HUD’s recent Federal Register Notice announced the release of 2022 Renewal Funding Inflation Factors (RFIFs) used for allocating Housing Choice Vouchers funds to PHAs. 

The Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities announced a total of $3.5 million was approved for the Local Housing Incentives Account (LHIA).

HUD Secretary Marcia

tion and Community Development of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will hold a hearing on May 25 at 2:30 p.m. ET entitled Examining the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Housing Service.