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President Trump FY 2027 HUD Budget Request
President Trump released the FY 2027 (FY27) budget request to Congress on Friday, which requested a total of $73.5 billion in HUD funding. While our chart shows many important programs received drastic funding cuts, the budget request includes some new housing related investments: What’s Next: The House and Senate will mark up and release their […]
Minnesota Housing Releases Final Climate Resilience and Housing Decarbonization Roadmap
Minnesota Housing released the final version of the Climate Resilience and Housing Decarbonization Roadmap, a climate-focused guide for the Agency. It identifies specific targets for Agency activities as well as recommendations for how individual teams and programs can achieve those goals. 3 Climate Roadmap Takeaways: 1. Minnesota Housing set three major climate targets for the next decade: 2. The Roadmap outlines a comprehensive strategy of […]
Oregon Housing and Community Services Hosts Rules Advisory Committee for Moderate-Income Revolving Loan Program
Oregon Housing and Community Services is hosting a Rules Advisory Committee on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, at 1 p.m. to support the rule filing for the Moderate-Income Revolving Loan (MIRL) program. During this meeting, the committee will review the drafted rules and provide feedback on the drafted fiscal and economic impact statements. This meeting does not include a comment period […]
Kentucky 2027–2029 Multifamily QAP, Guidelines, Scoring Workbook, and Pre-Application Now Available
Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) received approval from Gov. Andy Beshear for the 2027–2029 Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP). The QAP, Multifamily Guidelines, and scoring workbook for the 2027 9% Housing Credit funding round are available on KHC’s website at this link. Any revisions to the Multifamily Guidelines from the 2026 version have been highlighted in yellow. As […]
Ohio Housing Finance Agency Opens Environmental Review and Construction Observation RFPs
Request for Proposal for Environmental Review Consultant(s): OHFA is seeking a combined Qualification Statement and a Proposal to Perform Services from qualified independent firms to conduct environmental reviews for HOME, HOME-ARP, CDBG-DR, FHA Risk Share, NHTF, 811 PRA, and OHTF-funded projects in accordance with state and federal requirements and as specified in this RFP. These […]
Harvard JCHS Rising Insurance Costs and Limited Equity Cooperatives Webinar
The Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) hosted a webinar featuring research on rising insurance costs for multifamily affordable housing and new limited equity cooperatives.
PIH Publishes Revision to EHV and SV Program Requirements Related to Citizenship
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued a notice [PIH 2026-05] which updates the requirements for the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) and Stability Voucher (SV) programs. The notice strikes waiver and alternative requirements related to the verification of citizenship or eligible immigration status from previously-issued notices detailing the funding process for the EHV […]
NHT Report: Affordable Housing Stabilization Funds
A new report from the National Housing Trust explores promising practices in the design and implementation of stabilization funds that help preserve affordable housing in the near term. The Bottom Line: Stabilization funds are emerging as a critical tool to preserve affordable housing by providing flexible financial support to right size debt, address deferred maintenance, or […]
House FY 2027 Appropriations Member Hearing
The House held a Transportation-Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (T-HUD) subcommittee hearing for members to share their FY 2027 Appropriations requests. Four members shared requests: Towards the end of the hearing, Chair Steve Womack (R-AR) made the following statement: “The discussion of housing is affecting every single member in the Congress. It’s a […]
Legislation Exempts NAHASDA from BABA
Representatives Troy Downing (R-MT) and Janelle Bynum (D-OR) and Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Brian Schatz (D-HI) introduced the Native American Housing and Self-Determination Modernization Act (NAHASDA) (H.R. 8092/S. 4276). Key provisions of the bill include: Why It Matters: NH&RA is meeting with bill co-sponsors to expand BABA exemptions to other […]
‘A Build America, Buy America law is causing construction delays amid the US housing crisis’
AP News published a national story highlighting how BABA is causing construction delays and bottlenecking affordable housing during our nation’s housing crisis. In Context: Covered in last week’s edition, The Portland Press Herald published an article on how BABA is shutting down affordable housing development in Maine. What They’re Saying: NH&RA’s Managing Director, Kaitlyn Snyder, […]
Kentucky Housing Corporation: Contractors Needed for Multifamily Projects Weatherization
KHC is ramping up weatherization efforts in multifamily projects. Weatherization serves households at 200 percent of the poverty level whether they rent or own their property. Multifamily projects are eligible for weatherization services when at least 66 percent of their renters meet the income threshold. USDA and project-based properties, in which 66 percent of the units receive some subsidy, are […]