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HUD Releases Renewable Energy Toolkit
HUD recently released their Renewable Energy Toolkit to help recipients of HUD Community Planning and Development (CPD) grants to integrate renewable energies into their affordable housing programs. These include groups receiving HOME, CDBG, HOPWA, or ESG dollars. The toolkit walks users through 4 phases of incorporating renewable energy in their affordable housing developments: feasibility analyses, prioritizing and … Continue reading HUD Releases Renewable Energy Toolkit
HOTMA Signed by President, NAHRO Releases In-Depth Summary
On July 29, President Obama signed the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA/HR 3700) officially making it law. HUD is now in charge of implementation. The law provides common-sense reforms to our industry and contains numerous provisions supported by NAHRO. NAHRO will be working closely with HUD as they begin the implementation process. On August 2, … Continue reading HOTMA Signed by President, NAHRO Releases In-Depth Summary
Administration Announces Steep Decline in Veteran Homelessness
Today–HUD, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) announced that the number of veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States has declined significantly since 2010. According to HUD’s Point-in-Time (PIT) estimates, there has been a 47 percent decrease in the number of veterans experiencing homelessness since 2010 … Continue reading Administration Announces Steep Decline in Veteran Homelessness
Closing the Digital Divide Guide for Financial Institutions
Our friends at the National Housing Conference have informed us that the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has published a guide titled “Closing the Digital Divide A Framework for Meeting CRA Obligation.” The guide explains how financial institutions can meet Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) obligations by helping to close a community’s digital divide. The full … Continue reading Closing the Digital Divide Guide for Financial Institutions
HUD Holds MTW Expansion Teleconferences
HUD held its first two MTW Research Advisory Committee meetings on Tuesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 28. As stipulated by the FY 2016 Omnibus, the MTW Research Advisory Committee is tasked to advise HUD on how to move forward with the MTW expansion, especially with respect to specific policies to test in the expansion. The committee discussed … Continue reading HUD Holds MTW Expansion Teleconferences
TAC’s Section 8 Made Simple Guide
The Technical Assistance Collaborative has published a Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program guide titled “Section 8 Made Simple – Special Edition: Using the Housing Choice Voucher Program to End Chronic Homelessness.” Thanks to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities for bringing this to our attention.
HUD Updates Notice on Prioritizing the Chronically Homeless in Permanent Supportive Housing
On July 25, 2016, HUD published Notice CPD-16-11 entitled, “Notice Prioritizing Persons Experiencing Chronic Homelessness and Other Vulnerable Homeless Persons in Permanent Supportive Housing.” This notice supersedes the previous Notice CPD-14-012, and provides guidance to Continuums of Care (CoC) and recipients of CoC Program funding for permanent supportive housing (PSH) regarding the order in which eligible households … Continue reading HUD Updates Notice on Prioritizing the Chronically Homeless in Permanent Supportive Housing
Better Know a HUD Official
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) has published a message from Richard Green, Senior Advisor on Housing Finance in Edge, their online magazine. He makes five points, but there are two that are particularly interesting (and are related to the Federal Government) and are reproduced below: The federal government relies too much on obsolete … Continue reading Better Know a HUD Official
MTW Expansion Committee Conference Call and Summary of Policies
As mentioned in a prior blog post, the Moving to Work (MTW) Expansion Committee Conference Call is occurring now [Edit: The call ended at 4 pm]. HUD has also posted a summary of the policy proposals it has received to be potentially studied in MTW cohorts. Here are the numbers to call in: United States … Continue reading MTW Expansion Committee Conference Call and Summary of Policies
UPCS-V Update and Timeline
Earlier today, HUD REAC had a conference call with PHAs that volunteered to be a part of the UPCS-V Demonstration. In the conference call, HUD shared additional information on the Demonstration including a timeline moving forward. The Demonstration has 173 agencies from 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (31% of vouchers are … Continue reading UPCS-V Update and Timeline