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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

HUD FAQs on Emergency Rental Assistance for Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher Program Participants

On May 12, 2021, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing published these Frequently Asked Questions on use of funds from the Treasury Department’s Emergency Rental Assistance program to assist participants in the public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs.

Best Practices for HFA Mortgage Design: Lessons Learned from HHF and CRF Presentation

This presentation summarizes the results of NCSHA’s survey of HFAs that administered the federal Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program in the aftermath of the Great Recession or administered short-term emergency homeowner assistance programs in 2020 with federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). It focuses on those survey questions pertaining to mortgage assistance program design and delivery. The purpose of this presentation to help inform HFAs and other administrators’ efforts to develop their Homeowner Assistance Fund programs (HAF).

U.S. Department of Treasury Library: Hardest Hit Fund Program Documents

This webpage contains the most recent fact sheets, program requirements, and allocations for each state HFA’s Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program. HFAs have utilized the HHF in various ways to help homeowners avoid foreclosure and stabilize neighborhoods.

Memorandum on HFA Mortgage Assistance Programs Best Practices

This memorandum to Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) program administrators provides a question-by-question outline of the results of NCSHA’s survey of state HFAs administered the federal Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program and/or administered short-term emergency homeowner assistance programs in 2020 with federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF). It is centered around questions pertaining to mortgage assistance program design and delivery.

HUD Operating Requirements on Emergency Housing Vouchers

On May 5, 2021, the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing issued these operating requirements for the $5 billion in Emergency Housing Vouchers, included in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

ACTION Campaign Steering Committee Members’ Letter in Support of Todman’s HUD Nomination

On April 30, 2021, NCSHA and 17 other members of the A Call To Invest in Our Communities (ACTION) Campaign Steering Committee sent this letter to Senate Banking Committee Chair Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) in support of Adrianne Todman’s nomination to become Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

House Dear-Colleague Letter: HOME Investment Partnerships Program FY 2022

The April 30, 2021, letter below, signed by 74 members of Congress, requests support from the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies to restore the HOME Investment Partnerships program (HOME) to at least $1.9 billion for fiscal year 2022.

Terner Center Report: The Complexity of Financing Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Housing in the United States

This report by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at U.C. Berkeley examines the complexities associated with using multiple subsidy financing sources in Housing Credit properties and approaches to streamlining the capital stack. It is part of the Terner Center’s Cost of Building Housing Research Series.

CFPB Executive Summary of Final Rule on Qualified Mortgage Definition Delay

On April 27, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released this executive summary of its final rule delaying the mandatory compliance date for the final Qualified Mortgage (QM) Definition under the Truth in Lending Act: General QM Loan Definition from July 1, 2021 to October 1, 2022.

CFPB Final Rule on Qualified Mortgage Definition Delay

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued this final rule to delay the mandatory compliance date for the final Qualified Mortgage (QM) Definition under the Truth in Lending Act: General QM Loan Definition from July 1, 2021 to October 1, 2022.