HUD

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released a proposed rule that submits regulations for governing the Housing Trust Fund, established by HERA in 2008 to provide grants to State governments to increase and preserve the supply of rental housing for extremely low- and very low-income families.

The White House, together with officials from HUD, Treasury, USDA and congressional staff, recently hosted a one-day conference entitled,

The data from the 2009 American Housing Survey metropolitan survey of Seattle are now available for download in SAS and ASCII formats from the HUD USER web site.

HUD USER recently added estimated August 2010 employment statistics to the State of the Cities Data System for the largest 50 U.S.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a final ruling that implements a program to allow public housing agencies (PHAs) to use proceeds of their Capital Fund program for financing activities, including payment of debt service and housing development and modernization activities.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a revised figure of 103 percent proration for the Operating Fund for 2010. Congress provided an appropriation for the Public Housing Operating Fund for 2010 that exceeded the administration’s request, despite the fact that the administration described its request as sufficient to provide 100 percent of subsidy eligibility under the current Operating Fund formula.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan recently announced President Obama’s selection of Jane Vincent to serve as HUD Regional Administrator the Mid-Atlantic region.

NCAHMA welcomed roughly 100 professionals to Chicago for its 2010 Affordable Housing Underwriting Conference & Annual Meeting on October 5-6. The event was one of NCAHMA’s best turnouts ever! If you missed it, don’t worry! You can download all of the PowerPoint presentations offered during the conference.

HUD has announced the availability of 500 project-based HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive (VASH) vouchers in a new competitive funding round.

HUD’s Office of Housing on September 30 issued a new (H 10-22), effective immediately, containing guidelines for assumption, subordination, or assignment of Mark-to-Market (M2M) Program Loans in transfer of physical assets (TPA) and refinance transactions.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published Fair Market Rents for Fiscal Year 2011 for the Housing
Choice Voucher Program and Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy Program.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has published the final Fiscal Year 2011 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) on the HUD USER website, effective October 1, 2010.