HUD

HUD proposed a rule that would implement a smoke-free policy in all public housing, other than dwelling units in mixed-finance buildings. Comments on this proposed rule are due by January 19.

The 2015 Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Workshop – Shreveport, LA is relevant to PHAs and other RAD stakeholders in HUD’s Region 4 and 6.

Enterprise will offer guidance on engaging members of Congress to restore funding to the HOME program through a series of statewide and national webinars. The Senate Appropriations Committee’s proposed cuts to HOME would essentially defund the program.

According to the report, states and communities have invested $26 billion in HOME funds–leveraging an additional $117 billion in public and private resources–to build or preserve nearly 1.2 million affordable homes and provide direct rental assistance to 270,000 families at risk of homelessness since 1992.

House Financial Service Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is looking for ways to improve HUD programs and USDA rural housing programs. Feedback is due Nov 1.

HUD established operating cost adjustment factors (OCAFs) for certain project-based assistance contracts with an anniversary date on or after February 11, 2016.

HUD updated the Rental Assistance Demonstration program Project-Based Rental Assistance Quick Reference Guide. The updated guide provides information on continuing Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) programs at PBRA properties.

HUD Office of Public Housing Investments issued a schedule for processing mixed-finance projects intending to close by the end of the 2015 calendar year.

NH&RA members are key development and funding partners in the Choice Neighborhood grants that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded in Atlanta, Kansas City, Memphis, and Sacramento.

Love Funding announced the closing of three loans totaling $8.59 million to refinance the debt on a group of age-restricted, Section 8 apartments in Haslett, Michigan.

HUD released answers to frequently asked questions about a recent notice that outlines a new methodology for completing a multifamily housing utility allowance.

Public housing authorities (PHAs) have more flexibility when setting flat rents that are based on fair market rents (FMR), following HUD’s interim rule PIH-2015-13, which was published September 8, 2015.