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2024 What Home Means to Me Calendars Now Available for Purchase!
It’s the happiest time of the year: the 2024 What Home Means to Me Calendar is now available for purchase! Since 2008, the What Home Means to Me Poster Contest has recognized […]
HUD Releases 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report
On December 15, HUD Released part one of their Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR), which revealed a 12% increase in the number of individuals experiencing homelessness on a single night compared to 2022. According to HUD, this is highest number of people reported to be experiencing homelessness on a single night since 2007 when reporting … Continue reading HUD Releases 2023 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report
HUD Awards $10 Million in Funding for Family Unification Program Vouchers
On December 19, in a press release sent via email, HUD announced that it was awarding approximately $10 million in funding for new family unification program (FUP) vouchers. These vouchers serve families whose lack of adequate housing is a primary factor in the imminent placement of the family’s child in out-of-home care or youth exiting … Continue reading HUD Awards $10 Million in Funding for Family Unification Program Vouchers
Tell Congress to Support Improvements to LIHTC!
Congress is currently working on reaching an agreement to pass a tax package before the 2024 tax filing season. Any tax package passed through Congress must include the Affordable Housing […]
Apply for NAHRO Certification (or Recertification) Online
Good news! NAHRO has made the certification and recertification application process easier than ever. Say goodbye to dozens of form versions and hello to a single online form that takes just minutes […]
New Report on the Benefits of Increasing Housing Supply
A new report titled “Supply Skepticism Revisited” by Vicki Been, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Katherine O’Regan has been highlighted by the Furman Center in a recent email. The report is structured into four parts. The first part shows evidence that housing is unaffordable and that supply is not meeting demand in many parts of the … Continue reading New Report on the Benefits of Increasing Housing Supply
HOTMA Sections 102 and 104 Compliance Date Extended for CPD Programs
On December 8, HUD published a notice that extends the compliance date to January 1, 2025 for Community Planning and Development (CPD) grantees implementing Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) requirements. HUD extends the compliance date for grantees of the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Housing Trust Fund (HTF), Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS … Continue reading HOTMA Sections 102 and 104 Compliance Date Extended for CPD Programs
HUD Publishes New HOTMA Resources
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has released several new Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act (HOTMA) resources on HUDExchange. First is the “Sample Admin and ACOP HOTMA Policies.” This document provides brief descriptions of the discretionary policies agencies will need to create to implement sections 102 and 104 of HOTMA as well as sample … Continue reading HUD Publishes New HOTMA Resources
Small Area FMR Resources
On Dec. 6, HUD sent an email with an attached letter that contains links to several resources to implement small area fair market rents (FMRs) to PHA executive directors. The resources mentioned in that letter are the following: The communication also reminds executive directors that PHAs in metro areas that must mandatorily implement small area … Continue reading Small Area FMR Resources
HUD Publishes 2024 OCAFs
On Nov. 30, HUD published a notice in the Federal Register titled “Notice of Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2024.” Operating cost adjustment factors (OCAFs) are annual factors used to adjust certain Section 8 rents. These OCAFs are calculated as “the sum of weighted component cost changes” for certain publicly available cost indices. Some … Continue reading HUD Publishes 2024 OCAFs