HUD

Missouri’s state legislature recently advanced a bill that modifies provisions of existing tax credit programs in a manner consistent with the recommendations of the Tax Credit Review Commission and establishes new tax incentive programs.

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the 2011 2nd Quarter Housing Market Conditions Report.

HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research is managing a Congressionally mandated study of the housing needs of Native Americans, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians.

HUD recently announced an update to its Preservation web page, a resource portal that combines refinancing tools, notices, Section 8 renewal policy and other information its stakeholders may want to know about preserving affordable housing.

Preliminary analysis by Novogradac & Company indicates that the HUD proposed fiscal year 2012 fair market rents (FMRs), released August 19, represent decreases in FMR levels for a vast majority of the country.

HUD has released updated processing guidance for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities programs.

HUD has released the August 2011 edition of ResearchWorks, the official online newsletter from HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research.

In a press release dated August 22, HUD’s Federal Housing Administration announced that there been such demand for FHA-insured financing to build, rehabilitate or refinance multifamily apartment properties. FHA today announced that it has endorsed $10.5 billion in multifamily rental housing loans since last October, with another month-and-a-half remaining in the fiscal year.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released the proposed fair market rents (FMRs) for fiscal year 2012.

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a white paper that proposes options for the uses and flexibility of the new data sample for the 2015 American Housing Survey (AHS).

HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has released the latest U.S. Housing Market Conditions report for the second quarter of 2011.

WHEDA’s six part series on processing HUD Section 8 Contract Renewals and Rent Adjustments is now available through their website here.