Rental Housing: Supporting Property Management and Renter Needs

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation:
Fellowship of the Rent

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC), through extensive outreach and relationship building, has fostered trust with landlords for housing clients of AHFC programs. This network of landlords continues to grow and is shared between AHFC partners to successfully continue achieving AHFC's mission: to provide Alaskans access to safe, quality, affordable housing.

Delaware State Housing Authority:
Streamlined System Better Serves Delawareans

Delaware’s five public housing authorities knew they had to join forces to improve the convoluted application process for residents seeking subsidized housing in the First State. After a coordinated effort, with Delaware State Housing Authority as its lead, the group launched a centralized system on February 3, 2025. With the launch of the Centralized Wait List, eligible individuals and families now apply for a housing choice voucher or public housing through a single digital platform.

Idaho Housing and Finance Association:
Finally Home! Financial Basics for a Brighter Financial Future

Financial literacy education can help renters develop the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about their financial lives. By learning about financial concepts and strategies, renters can develop a better understanding of their situation, create a budget and emergency fund and avoid debt traps like high-interest credit cards. That’s why Idaho Housing and Finance created the Finally Home! Financial Basics online course.

MassHousing:
HOTMA Solutions in Action

MassHousing requires all financed developments to utilize a standard form of tenant selection plan to ensure consistency and enable more effective compliance monitoring. With nearly half of the MassHousing financed portfolio affected by recent HOTMA changes, MassHousing developed a form which includes the applicable elements of the HOTMA rule to ensure each development’s TSP meets the complex HUD requirements.

Montana Board of Housing:
Montana Conducts First Geographically Large Statewide Fair Market Rent (FMR) Reevaluation Survey

Individuals and families served in Montana’s Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Systems are increasingly unable to secure and maintain safe and affordable housing. Research suggests that a lack of affordable housing threatens to create and exacerbate behavioral health challenges and crises for vulnerable individuals. The Montana Department of Commerce’s Housing Division was provided one-time grant funding up to $1 million to conduct a statewide FMR Reevaluation.