by Audra Garrison | Feb 9, 2023 | Industry News
The Rural Housing Service Office of Multifamily Housing published a proposed rule on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 (Federal Register /Vol. 88, No. 20) to amend the current regulation for the MFH Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP). This...
by Audra Garrison | Jan 26, 2023 | Industry News
The Rural Housing Service (RHS) recently posted revisions to the Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) Origination and Servicing Handbook. These revisions included a correction to Attachment 4-A GRRHP Application Checklist in Chapter 4, to align the...
by Audra Garrison | Jan 26, 2023 | Industry News
U.S. Department of Energy Announces the Buildings Upgrade Prize Buildings UP is designed to accelerate the transformation of U.S. buildings into energy-efficient and clean energy-ready homes, commercial spaces, and communities The Buildings Upgrade Prize (Buildings...
by Audra Garrison | Jan 26, 2023 | Industry News
The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions to increase fairness in the rental market and further principles of fair housing. These actions align with a new Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights that the Administration is also releasing today. The...
by Audra Garrison | Jan 19, 2023 | Industry News
Coming Soon! On February 3, 2023, all non-Federal entities receiving USDA Rural Development (RD) federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects must comply with the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA). RD program applicants, their design professionals,...
by Audra Garrison | Jan 19, 2023 | Industry News
On December 8, 2022, Rural Development released a Procedure Notice (PN) announcing revisions to the Multifamily Housing Loan Origination Handbook (Handbook-1-3560 Chapter 4) and the Multifamily Housing Project Servicing Handbook (Handbook-3-3560 Chapter 7). The PN...
