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The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee has updated its 2010 9% Competitive Tax Credit Application and 2010 4% Competitive Tax-Exempt Bond Application Combining Federal and State Tax Credits.

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) along with the Secretary’s U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Veterans Affairs (VA) have unveiled a new plan to prevent and end homelessness.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released a notice announcing that HUD will allow Section 8 income limits to decrease beginning with the FY-2010 income limits, but will limit all annual decreases to no more than 5 percent, and limit all annual increases to 5 percent or twice the change in national median family income, whichever is greater.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash) last week proposed an amendment to the pending tax extenders bill (H.R. 4213) that would extend Section 1603 renewable energy tax credit cash grant program through the end of 2012.

Alaska Governor Sean Parnell signed two bills last week that establish a statewide energy policy (S.B. 220) to stimulate the state’s economy by attracting renewable energy investment.

The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies ““ including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Office of Thrift Supervision ““ recently announced a series of upcoming public hearings on modernizing the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA).

The U.S. Departments of Transportation (DOT) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have announced that they will join forces to award up to $75 million in funding ““ $35 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) II Planning Grants and $40 million in Sustainable Community Challenge Grants for localized planning activities that ultimately lead to projects that integrate transportation, housing and economic development.

In an effort to better serve the new generation of information seekers, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently launched several new tools for improving connectivity and transparency through various social media networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

2010 NH&RA Summer Institute, July 21-24, The Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, California.

he U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a notice that makes corrections to the FY-2009 Rental Assistance for Non-Elderly Persons with Disabilities NOFA, released on April 7, 2010.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the public use dataset from the 2009 American Housing Survey (AHS) national sample.

The Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies has released its 2010 State of Nation’s Housing Report.