Housing Professionals: a different approach to affordable housing.
A City Invokes Seizure Laws to Save Homes – NYTimes.com
Housing Professionals: a different approach to affordable housing.
Attorney General Schneiderman hopes seized big bank money can help turn around vacant homes | syracuse.com
The money comes from New York’s share of the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement – a settlement with five big banks that contributed to the collapse of the housing market. Already, he said, the state has given about $2 billion in the form of principal reductions, refinancing and direct payments to homeowners and former homeowners.
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Improve the Quality of Rural Housing | USDA Newsroom
USDA Seeks Applications for Grants to Improve the Quality of Rural Housing | USDA Newsroom.
Housing Preservation Grant Program funds available for rehabilitation
Farm Bill Fails As 62 Republicans Vote No | Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
Farm Bill Fails As 62 Republicans Vote No
Rs don’t think SNAP cuts went far enough
Rural Gateway Conference Call: Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (RHSP) in Rural America: Proposed Rule – OneCPD
The Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development (ORHED) invites you to take part in the next Peer-to-Peer conference call. Scheduled for June 13, 2013, this call will offer participants the opportunity to learn about HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) proposed rule for the Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (RHSP), administered by HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS), including the process and deadline for submitting comments.
Rural Population trends may change; Vilsack at Rural Assembly
Monday Roundup: Vilsack at Rural Assembly.
Comments on 30-40 year olds seeking to live in rural areas for the quality of life and may reverse the current “brain drain”, so planners warned to stop trying to attract industry to create jobs and maintain the lower housing costs, slower pace of life.
Next CFA funding round announced
Application materials will be available by June 3rd. The CFA will open to applicants on June 17th and submissions from the regional councils are due September 24th.
Endorse the Campaign: National Low Income Housing Coalition
Endorse the Campaign: National Low Income Housing Coalition.
The NHTF was authorized by Congress in 2008 but remains unfunded while the need for affordable housing for the lowest income households is at an all-time high. Once funded, the NHTF will expand, preserve, rehabilitate, and maintain the supply of rental housing affordable to America’s poorest families.
How we can achieve it: We can adequately fund the NHTF through basic modifications to the MID.
The changes are simple: reduce the size of a mortgage eligible for a tax break to $500,000, and convert the deduction to a 15% non-refundable tax credit. By converting the MID to a credit, 16 million more homeowners would be eligible to receive the tax break. Most importantly, these moderate changes would generate almost $200 billion in revenue that could fund the NHTF and expand the supply of housing for those most at risk of homelessness.
How you can take action: Endorse United for Homes!
The first step toward being part of the solution is having your organization endorse the campaign. The more endorsers we have, the stronger our efforts. Join the movement to end homelessness and to help communities across America provide affordable homes for those who need it most. We can acheive this together.
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