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  • USDA Rural Development Announces 2012 Income Limits for Guaranteed Loan Program
    January 24, 2012
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    On January 18, the 2012 income limits for the USDA Rural Development Single-Family Guaranteed Loan Program went into effect.
  • Highlights from NCSHA’s MRBs and FMI Conference
    January 18, 2012
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    HFA directors and staff, Administration officials, and industry partners came together last week for NCSHA's HFA Institute MRBs and Federal Mortgage Insurance conference. For three days, attendees took advantage of the opportunity to network with their peers and receive top-notch education during more than a dozen sessions.
  • NCSHA Joins Effort to Push the Administration for More Rural Housing Funding
    December 19, 2011
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    NCSHA recently joined other national, state, and local organizations in sending a letter to President Obama and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack urging them to propose FY 2013 funding levels for USDA rural housing programs at their FY 2011 appropriated levels or higher.
  • FY 2012 Minibus Appropriations Bill Cutting HOME and CDBG and Increasing FHA Loan Limit Enacted
    November 18, 2011
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    On November 18, President Obama signed into law the conference agreement on H.R. 2112, providing funding for HUD and USDA housing programs in FY 2012. The House had passed the bill by a vote of 298 to 121 and the Senate passed it by a vote of 70 to 30.
  • House Subcommittee Examines Administration Response to Housing Crisis
    October 12, 2011
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    On October 6, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity held a hearing on the Obama Administration’s response to the housing crisis. Representatives from Treasury, HUD, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) all testified about how programs run by their agencies are addressing the housing crisis.
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Approves FY 2012 Spending Caps, Rural Housing Funding Bill
    September 13, 2011
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    On September 7, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the distribution of the overall FY 2012 discretionary spending cap of $1.043 trillion among the 12 appropriations subcommittees. The Senate Appropriations Committee also passed by a vote of 28 to 2, the FY 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations bill, H.R. 2112.
  • NCSHA Submits Comments on Proposed Qualified Mortgage, Ability-to-Pay Regulation
    July 25, 2011
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    On July 22, NCSHA submitted comments to the Federal Reserve Board (the Fed) on its proposal to amend Regulation Z and establish an ability-to-pay standard for mortgages under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA).
  • Obama Appoints Galante Federal Housing Commissioner
    July 12, 2011
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    President Obama announced July 11 that he has named Carol Galante as the acting commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), effective July 12. Until this appointment, Galante has served since March 2009 as HUD deputy assistant secretary for multifamily housing, where she oversaw the rental side of the FHA.
  • House Passes FY 2012 Appropriations Bill for Rural Development
    June 21, 2011
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    On June 16, the House passed, by a vote of 217 to 203, its FY 2012 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, H.R. 2112. The bill includes $17.25 billion in discretionary spending, $2.7 billion less than the FY 2011 spending level and $5 billion less than the President’s request.
  • House Agriculture and Rural Development Appropriations Subcommittee Reports FY 2012 Appropriations Bill
    May 31, 2011
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    On May 24, the House Appropriations Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee marked up and passed its FY 2012 appropriations bill. Also on May 24, the House Appropriations Committee approved the spending limit for each of its 12 subcommittees for FY 2012.
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