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The research symposium in PD&R’s newest issue of Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research (Volume 12, Number 3) examines perspectives and approaches to brownfield issues.

After two years of meetings and study, Boston Mayor Tom Menino’s PILOT Task Force has released its final report recommending more consistent monetary contributions from the city’s tax-exempt non-profit institutions.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recently named the members of his cabinet, including Wyman Wynston as the new Executive Director of WHEDA, the state housing finance agency.

The Nevada Division of Housing recently issued a notice to multifamily housing developers that identifies one clarification and one change to the 2011 Qualified Allocation Plan for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, adopted on December 7, 2010.

The Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) has announced that it will extend its Multi-Family Initiative Bond program through 2011, providing low-cost fixed-rate permanent financing which will provide resources to borrowers to finance new construction, acquisition and rehabilitation or adaptive reuse of existing developments.

HUD has published its quarterly notice of all regulatory waivers that the Department has approved.

On behalf of all of us at National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, we would like to wish all of our HousingOnline Weekly subscribers a safe and happy New Year!

Three state housing finance agencies recently adopted final versions of their 2011 Qualified Allocation Plans for administering the federal low-income housing tax credit program. 

In order to enable Kentucky Housing staff to meet the demands of site review requests, technical assistance trainings will be conducted by the Multifamily Finance Department.

The US Department of Agriculture has announced in the Federal Register a series of teleconference and/or Web conference meetings regarding the USDA Multi-Family Housing Program.

The Senate and House of Representatives have adjourned sine die and will convene for the 112th Congress on Jan. 5, 2011.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service, has released aggregate data on addresses identified by the USPS as having been “vacant” or “No-Stat” in the third quarter of 2010.