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State Housing Finance Agencies Peer Review by Fitch Ratings

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Fitch Ratings’ State Housing Finance Agencies Peer Review provides annual comparative financial information and ratios for state housing finance agencies. This report, covering 51 state HFAs, contains financial information for fiscal year (FY) 2019 and the previous four fiscal years. Updated from the 2019 publication that used 2018 data, this report details the Fitch survey […]

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Freddie Mac and National Housing Trust ǀ Spotlight on Underserved Markets: Opportunity Incentives in LIHTC Qualified Allocation Plans

This report by Freddie Mac Multifamily and the National Housing Trust reviews definitions of opportunity and methods used to promote opportunity housing in Housing Credit Qualified Allocation Plans across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In addition to explaining opportunity policies and processes for developing them, the report examines the impact of these […]

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2020 Disasters Tax Relief Act

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This bill, introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), would provide tax relief to individuals and businesses in areas for which a major disaster is declared under the Stafford Act between January 1, 2020, and 60 days after the bill’s enactment. The bill includes supplemental disaster Housing Credits for states experiencing a major disaster. […]

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CPD Memo: Suspension and Waiver of the HOME Program Consortium Qualification Deadline in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

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The Office of Community Planning and Development within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued this memorandum suspending the HOME Program’s statutory deadline and waiving the HOME regulatory deadline for qualification or requalification of urban counties and consortia to provide HOME Participating Jurisdictions additional time to complete these processes due to the […]

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HUD Disparate Impact Final Rule

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This final rule amends the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 2013 disparate impact standard and burden-shifting framework, which is HUD’s implementation of the 1968 Fair Housing Act’s Discriminatory Effects Standard. HUD intends the amendments to the disparate impact standard to reflect the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling in Texas Department of Housing and […]

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