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WHEDA’s Matt Childress Begins New Role as Commercial Lending Product Manager
The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) has promoted Matt Childress to Commercial Lending Product Manager. As Product Manager, Childress will lead WHEDA’s Housing Tax Credit program and will be responsible for the implementation and oversite of the tax credit Qualified Allocation Plan. He will also engage with internal leadership and external partners to manage and monitor WHEDA’s housing policies and programs.
HUD Awards $75 Million to Help End Youth Homelessness
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is awarding $75 million to end youth homelessness in 23 local communities across the country, including eight rural areas....
NCSHA Washington Report | August 30, 2019
Hurricane Dorian, tragically, will almost certainly inflict a multibillion-dollar toll when it reaches landfall in the next few days, continuing a worsening trend. More...
Charles L. Borgman Named CHFA Interim General Counsel
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) is pleased to announce Charles L. Borgman has been named interim general counsel. Borgman, an attorney with the Colorado law firm, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC, takes on this position after serving as CHFA’s general counsel from 2004 to 2016.
HUD Awards $75 Million to Combat Youth Homelessness
Programs designed to combat homelessness in 23 communities across the country are getting $75 million in funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a jump from last year's $43...
Iowa Finance Authority Announces Availability of New Data on Demographics, Economics and Housing
The Iowa Finance Authority today announced the availability of new economic and housing data and forecasts. The information is available on the Iowa Profile, a centralized and interactive collection of demographic, economic and housing data. The Profile was commissioned by the Iowa Finance Authority and developed by Western Economic Services, LLC.
MassHousing Closes on $5.5 Million in Financing for 62 New Units of Mixed-Income Rental Housing for Senior Citizens in Brookline
MassHousing has closed on a total of $5.5 million in affordable housing financing to 2Life Communities for the development of the Harold and Ronald Brown Family House, which will create 62 new, mixed-income, service-rich, rental housing units for senior citizens in Brookline. 2Life Communities will develop the new supportive housing on a parcel near Coolidge Corner through a ground lease with Congregation Kehillath Israel (KI).
A Primer on the Future of Fannie, Freddie
The Trump administration is close to releasing a blueprint for overhauling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , two companies that back half of the nation’s $10 trillion mortgage market. The firms...
Fannie and Freddie Plan Is Likely Released Next Month
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is preparing to release as early as the first part of September its long-awaited plan to return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private-shareholder ownership,...
PHFA Issues RFP to Fund Mixed-Use Development Projects
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency today is issuing a Request for Proposals for new construction or the rehabilitation of mixed-use projects seeking financial support. Funding will be provided through the Community Revitalization Fund Program. Mixed-use projects combine residential and retail/commercial space in the same building and often serve as a catalyst for neighborhood revitalization. The deadline for proposal submission is 2 p.m. on Oct. 18.
Hogan Administration Announces Fiscal Year 2020 Community Development Block Grants
Governor Larry Hogan today announced Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) awards for Fiscal Year 2020. The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development will administer more than $4.2 million in CDBG funding for nine community development and infrastructure projects. "These awards reinforce my administration's strong support of projects and initiatives in rural Maryland," said Governor Hogan.
NCSHA Washington Report | August 23, 2019
The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at Case Western Reserve University, led by Mark Joseph, is producing a series of essays sponsored by the Kresge Foundation...
