HUD

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released a report that analyzes the use of funds by Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) grantees.

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a full-year continuing resolution last week to fund the federal government through the remainder of FY 2011, which ends September 30, 2011.

Both houses of Congress and the White House are reportedly considering varying forms of legislation that could, among other things, extend expiring tax credits provisions.

HUD has issued a notice announcing the availability on its Web of a draft notice updating HUD’s guidance for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Programs.

A recent post by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports on the impact of proposed funding cuts to the Section 8 program.

Key Senate and House legislators are reported to be negotiating an omnibus spending measure.

Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) has introduced the Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2010. The legislation contains extensions of numerous affordable housing, new markets and renewable energy tax credit and bond programs.

U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) on December 1 introduced the Rental Housing Revitalization Act (H.R. 6468), designed to support the restoration of the nation’s public housing infrastructure, simplify rental assistance programs and expand renters’ housing choices.

The National Housing & Rehabilitation Association is now accepting registrations for the 2011 Annual Meeting and Pre-Conference Symposium on New Markets Tax Credits, scheduled February 23-26, 2011 in Bonita Springs, Florida.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently published a notice in the November 19 Federal Register soliciting public comments on its 2011 Rental Housing Finance Survey.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently launched a new website that consolidates a wide variety of economic and housing market data using data from the Census Bureau, Labor Department, State and Local governments and housing industry sources.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HUD USER website recently released its final Quality Control for Rental Assistance Subsidy Determinations report for FY 2009.