HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Preservation (OHAP) created a webpage for the Section 202 Senior Preservation Rental Assistance Contracts (SPRACs) program. The webpage allows users to download a…
Two recent notices lay out requirements for testing for and mitigating the effects of radon gas in assisted housing. HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued a notice, PIH 2013-6,…
The Treasury Department’s second quarter update to its 2012-2013 Priority Guidance Plan added four Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) topics. The 2012-2013 Priority Guidance Plan has 317 projects…
The Obama Administration announced a government-wide effort to reduce the number of homes with health and safety hazards on February 4. Advancing Healthy Housing – A Strategy for Action outlines the…
More than 30 Colorado housing developers and service providers attended a training session in January to learn ways to reduce energy costs in affordable housing developments. Organized by Housing…
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) will host a webinar, “Eviction(Without) Notice: Renters & the Foreclosure Crisis,” on February 20 at 1 pm ET. Scheduled presenters are…
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) will host a webinar, “Medicaid Eligibility, Enrollment, and Outreach: Changes Coming to the HCH Community,” on February 27. The webinar will…
A report from the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (ICPH) stresses the need for further research to study the impact of the foreclosure crisis on rates of homelessness during the…
The Urban Institute and the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) published Expanding Choice: Practical Strategies for Building a Successful Housing Mobility Program. The toolkit…
Welcome to these new members who joined in January 2013:Chattanooga City Wide Resident Association, Chattanooga, TNCrescent City Community Land Trust, New Orleans, LAShauna Dow, Windsor, VTFreddie…
Ashley Juvonen joins NLIHC as an outreach intern. Ashley is a student at Calvin College where she will complete a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and a Bachelor of Social Work this May. After studying…