HUD

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) introduced S. 1904/H.R. 2763 that would bar HUD from enacting is proposed rule that would prohibit mixed immigration status families from living in HUD-assisted housing.

On June 20, the Senate confirmed Hunter Kurtz as Assistant Secretary of Public and Indian Housing at HUD. The Senate also confirmed Seth Appleton as Assistant Secretary of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) at HUD.

On June 25, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Council on Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing and named HUD Secretary Ben Carson as its Chairperson.

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority posted Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) for its the HOME/Mortgage Resource Fund (MRF) Gap Financing Program and the National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Gap Financing Program. For the HOME/MRF NOFA, $9 million in funding is available and applications are due Aug. 15, 2019. For the HTF NOFA, $4.8 million in funding is available and applications are due Oct. 15, 2019.

The Arizona Department of Housing published a Notice of Funding Available (NOFA) that solicits applications from local governments, non-profits or for-profit entities for owner occupied housing rehabilitation activities. Approximately $3.5 million in HOME funding is available through this NOFA and applications are due by 4 pm MST on Aug. 30, 2019.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition and Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation released an updated version of the National Housing Preservation Database for 2019. The database includes updated data on Section 515, Section 8, HOME, REAC and Section 202 direct loan usage across the country. In addition, LIHTC properties now have end dates to track […]

HUD recently published a Notice of Annual Factors for Determining Public Housing Agency (PHA) administrative fees for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Mainstream and Moderate Rehabilitation programs.

The public hearing will be held on Thursday, June 27, 2019, at 10 am, CDT, at the Hampton Inn & Suites Hotel, located at 7651 Eastchase Parkway, Montgomery, AL, 36117.

The Idaho Housing and Finance Association will be accepting applications for LIHTC/HOME through a newly designed portal system, Procorem, effective August 2, 2019. 

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) is soliciting comments to the draft allocation plan for the FY 2020 Greater Opportunities for Affordable Living (GOAL) Program and QAP.  These documents govern the allocation of four funding sources: the Low Income Housing Tax Credit; the HOME Investment Partnership Act; the National Housing Trust Fund; and the Senior Citizens Housing Development Fund.

HUD published a notice of proposed changes for estimation of Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in the Federal Register. In response to frequent comments on the need for more local and timely data, HUD is considering updating its FMR methodology to include Trend Factor Changes and to use neighboring zip codes in place of county-based Small Area FMRs.

HUD posted new closing checklists for use with the recently revised FHA closing documents. The new checklists include non-substantive changes to the layout, re-ordering of certain items, removal of items that have been added to other form documents, and a new checklist for the “Heavy” 223(f) closings.