The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Revenue Ruling 2016-29 stating that the IRS Code does not require or encourage state agencies allocating Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) to reject…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) released Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. JCHS projects that the number…
HUD has prepared six videos on using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for housing-related activities. The first video is a very brief introduction. The remaining five videos discuss:…
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Ben Carson to serve as the HUD secretary. Given HUD’s critical role as part of the federal safety net for some of America’s most vulnerable households,…
HUD published an interim rule changing the method for determining participating jurisdictions’ (PJs’) compliance with the HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME) statute’s requirement that funds…
HUD posted 10 fact sheets about the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) for public housing residents. The topics of the fact sheets are:
Fact Sheet #1: Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing has issued two revised chapters for Handbook 4350.1, the “Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing,” Chapter 1.02 “Owner and Borrower Structures,” and…
The Supportive Housing Network of New York (the Network), a NLIHC state partner launched on November 21 as part of the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing a new advocacy initiative to send 20,000 messages to…
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2016.) Projections & Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Households 2015-2035. Cambridge, MA: Author.
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs issued four model forms that owners and managing agents of HUD-assisted private housing must use to comply with the “Violence Against Women Act” (VAWA)…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (HUD Multifamily) has prepared a short video and two webinars to encourage property owners to adopt preferences for admitting homeless people in…
The U.S. Census Bureau released Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2015 on December 14. These data provide annual estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. counties and school districts. The…
