Affordable Housing

HUD: Small Communities Win Big with a $1 Million HUD Grant Program

Yesterday, the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) of $1 million through the HOPE VI Main Street Program. This grant program provides assistance to smaller communities in the development of affordable housing that is undertaken in connection with a Main Street revitalization effort. “The beauty of this…

HUD: More Than $148 Million in Supplemental Funding Announced for Multifamily Assisted Housing Property Owners to Combat COVID-19

Owners of properties participating in Multifamily assisted housing programs can apply for reimbursement of costs for property improvements and other measures that protect residents from COVID-19. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing Programs announced today that it is opening a new application period for COVID-19 Supplemental Payment (CSP) funding. This…

HUD: $84 Million Awarded to Help End Youth Homelessness

Grants to support innovative housing programs in 17 communities The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded $83.7 million to build systems to end youth homelessness in 17 local communities, including 6 rural communities. The funding was awarded through HUD’s Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to support a wide range of housing…

FHFA: Targeted Pricing Changes to Enterprise Pricing Framework Announced

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced targeted changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac’s (the Enterprises) guarantee fee pricing by eliminating upfront fees for certain borrowers and affordable mortgage products, while implementing targeted increases to the upfront fees for most cash-out refinance loans. ​As part of the pricing changes stemming from the Agency’s…

HUD: More than $15 Billion in Construction Investment Facilitated by Rental Assistance Demonstration

Significant achievement represents investments in construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable rental homes over nine-year period. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (HUD) is announcing today that construction investment for affordable housing preservation through the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program has surpassed $15 billion since the program’s…

HUD: FHA Proposes to Adjust Title I Manufactured Home Loan Program Loan Limits Annually

Consistent with the Biden-Harris Administration’s Housing Supply Action Plan, today’s proposed rule sets forth a methodology for regularly adjusting the limits on loans that finance manufactured homes titled as personal property. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is announcing today the publication of a proposed rule in the Federal Register to increase and index the loan limits for its Title…

HUD: Important New Milestone Reached in American Rescue Plan’s Emergency Housing Voucher Program

“At HUD we are pleased that over 35,000 households have been averted from homelessness and have successfully leased their own rental housing thanks to our Emergency Housing Voucher Program. This marks a major step forward in our efforts to realize the ambitious goals we set when the program was established through the President’s American Rescue…

HUD: Rental Assitance Demonstration Conversion Closed in Cookeville, TN to Support 48 New Affordable Rental Homes

Transaction with Highlands Residential Services is first phase of redevelopment effort to preserve almost 500 deeply affordable homes within growing area. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing is announcing today that it recently closed a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) transaction with Highlands Residential Services (HRS), the Housing Authority in…

HUD: Unprecedented $379 Million in Choice Neighborhoods Funding Announced

HUD’s Signature Place-Based Program Available to Cities of All Sizes The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the availability of an historically-high $379 million in Choice Neighborhoods Implementation (CNI) Grants to communities across the country. The CNI Grants will transform public and other HUD-assisted housing, as well as surrounding neighborhoods. Public housing authorities,…

HUD: $5 Million Funding Opportunity Announced to Support Housing and Infrastructure Investments in Disadvantaged Communities

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced the availability of $5 million through the Thriving Communities Technical Assistance program. The Thriving Communities program will help strengthen local capacity to align transformational infrastructure projects funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law with other crucial investments, such as affordable housing. “Affordable housing investments must…