HFAs are very involved in developing supportive housing. HFA supportive services staff work to provide housing for persons with physical disabilities, mental illness, substance abuse, and addictions, as well as homeless families, the elderly, and anyone else who can benefit from supportive services. Members of an HFA supportive housing working group, with the Corporation for Supportive Housing, have developed the NCSHA-CSH e-Manual for Supportive Housing Funders: A Guide to Tools and Resources for State Housing Agencies and Other Public Funders of Supportive Housing.
Useful Link: HUD’s Supportive Housing Program Webpage
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- January 27, 2012
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing, and Community Opportunity recently circulated new draft legislation to reform the Section 8 program, the Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2012 (AHSSIA). The legislation is the latest version of the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) and the Section 8 Savings Act (SESA). The Subcommittee expects to markup the legislation, which has not yet been formally introduced and thus has not been assigned a bill number, in mid-February. - December 8, 2011
The Interim Rule for the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program and Consolidated Plan conforming amendments was published in the December 5 Federal Register. The Final Rule for defining homeless was also published on December 5.
Housing Headlines
- Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies
- U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness
- U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
News
- January 5, 2012
The Industrial Commission has increased the maximum income limits for the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency’s (NDHFA) popular FirstHome ™ program - May 12, 2010
MassHousing has awarded $180,000 in funding to help create new units of affordable sober housing for women in Roxbury and New Bedford and housing stabilization services for women in Tewksbury. The MassHousing grants will come from the Center for Community Recovery Innovations, Inc. (CCRI), a nonprofit subsidiary corporation of MassHousing that creates and preserves affordable sober housing in Massachusetts for recovering substance abusers.
Supportive Housing - Resources
- January 23, 2012
- December 13, 2011
NCSHA’s priorities, adopted annually by its Board of Directors after consultation with all state HFAs, set the agenda for NCSHA’s business development activities and advocacy before Congress, the Administration, and the federal agencies concerned with housing, including HUD, USDA, and the Treasury.
