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NCSHA Receives Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to Advance Healthy Housing
Initiative Will Identify Opportunities for State Housing Finance Agency Leadership The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) today announced it has received funding from the Robert Wood...
Lisa Ford Joins New Hampshire Housing’s Homeownership Team
Lisa Ford recently joined New Hampshire Housing’s Homeownership Division as Senior Manager, Partner Relationships. Ford will be responsible for creating and managing relationships with participating lenders and originators, professional mortgage organizations, real estate professionals, and others involved with mortgage programs and homeownership. Ford previously was a mortgage loan officer with Bank of New Hampshire, is a Certified Mortgage Professional (CMP) and a licensed real estate broker.
Gov. DeSantis Extends Executive Order on Foreclosures and Evictions
As the Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) continues to remain open and continuing all business activity, we want to keep Florida families and stakeholders abreast of housing updates. In Executive Order 20-180, Governor DeSantis extended Executive Order 20-94 that provides targeted, temporary relief from certain mortgage foreclosures and evictions until September 1, 2020, without relieving an individual’s obligation to make mortgage payments and rent.
LHC Announces City of New Orleans and Finance Authority of New Orleans (FANO) Partnership
The Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) has announced its partnership with the City of New Orleans and Finance Authority of New Orleans (FANO) to provide more affordable housing opportunities and community stability to the City of New Orleans. Through their Cooperative Endeavor Agreement, the Louisiana Housing Corporation is extending access to FANO that allows them to pair their multifamily revenue bonds with LHC's non-competitive 4% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.
Boatman Patterson Re-Appointed as California Housing Finance Agency Executive Director
Tia Boatman Patterson was re-appointed as Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency by Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday. The position requires state Senate confirmation. Boatman Patterson was originally appointed to the post by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. in 2014, after she served on CalHFA’s Board of Directors, and the Agency has flourished during her time at the helm.
Secretary Carson Praises Confirmation of Dana Wade as New FHA Commissioner
Washington - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson today applauded the confirmation of Dana Wade to serve as the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) Commissioner....
Senate Republicans Unveil Coronavirus Relief Plan, Setting Stage for Negotiations with House Democrats
On July 27, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) began releasing a series of bills that together constitute the Republicans’ proposal for the next coronavirus relief package. The approximately $1 trillion proposal is the result of lengthy negotiations with the White House and internal discussions among Senate Republicans, yet reportedly some Republican Senators may still not support the plan.
OHFA Trustees Approve HOME Contracts to Bring Single Family Houses to Oklahoma Communities
Six Oklahoma non-profit housing organizations plan to utilize funding approved by Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency’s Board of Trustees to build or rehabilitate houses for low income residents living in communities across the state. Each organization also received an operating assistance grant. Additionally, Community Action Agency of Oklahoma City and Oklahoma/Canadian Counties, Inc. received a $200,000 grant that will provide assistance to 15 homebuyers across Oklahoma and Canadian Counties.
Denver Maw Named CHFA Finance Director
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) is pleased to announce Denver Maw has been named as the organization’s finance director. Maw joined CHFA in 2013 and most recently served as finance manager, overseeing CHFA’s debt issuance and administration. “I look forward to collaborating with CHFA’s partners, customers, and our internal teams to meet the needs of affordable housing and community development finance in Colorado. CHFA is an excellent organization to be a part of and I’m honored to serve in this new capacity,” said Maw.
NCSHA Washington Report | July 24, 2020
When America experiences turbulence, the subject of suburbs gets contested — and complicated. The urban unrest of the 1960s led to decades of “white flight” from cities to suburbs that...
HUD Secretary Ben Carson Commemorates One Year Anniversary of the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative
Pittsburgh, PA - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson today commemorated the One Year Anniversary of the Foster Youth to Independence Initiative in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where...
HUD Replaces Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule with Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice Rule
On July 23, HUD issued a new Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice final rule, which repeals the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing final rule and the 1994 Analysis of Impediments requirements, returning to HUD’s pre-1994 understanding of the 1968 Fair Housing Act’s obligation to affirmatively further fair housing. The Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice rule requires HUD grantees to certify they will use HUD funds to take active steps to promote fair housing. HUD will deem sufficient a grantee’s certification so long as the grantee proposes to take any action above what is required by statute to promote the attributes of fair housing. The rule defines fair housing as “housing that, among other attributes is affordable, safe, decent, free of unlawful discrimination, and accessible under civil rights laws.” The final rule is not subject to public notice or comments and will be effective 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register.
