Memo to Members and Partners Articles

States Prepare Housing Trust Fund Allocation Plans

Most national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) state administering agencies have made significant progress in preparing their HTF Allocation Plans. The plans are required to receive their first disbursements from HUD later this year.  As of Friday, June 9, three states have finalized their HTF…

Lawmakers Urge GSE Recapitalization

Representative Mike Capuano (D-MA) and 31 other Democrats sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt urging them to reassess the Obama Administration’s policy that prevents the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae and…

PRRAC Provides Guidelines on Promoting Fair Housing in HTF Allocation Plans

The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) published a paper, “National Housing Trust Fund: Promoting Fair Housing in State Allocation Plans,” providing guidelines to ensure that states implementing the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) comply with the legal obligation to affirmatively…