by Audra Garrison | Jan 12, 2023 | Industry News
The Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) is sponsoring a training series that will help participants review federal lead regulations with a focus on the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) activities for project-based assistance (PBA) (Subpart H), public...
by Audra Garrison | Jan 12, 2023 | Industry News
On December 8, 2022, Rural Development released a Procedure Notice (PN) to announce revisions to the Multifamily Housing (MFH) Loan Origination Handbook (Handbook-1-3560 Chapter 4) and the MFH Project Servicing Handbook (Handbook-3-3560 Chapter 7) to clarify...
by Audra Garrison | Dec 22, 2022 | Industry News
Please find the attached Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook: Building a Clean Energy Economy: A Guidebook to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investments in Clean Energy and Climate Action. Per the Administration, the Guidebookwill “help state, local, territorial, and...
by Audra Garrison | Dec 15, 2022 | Industry News
On October 13, 2022, the Social Security Administration announced an 8.7% increase in Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for 2023. They estimated that this adjustment will result in an average Social Security benefit increase of $140...
by Audra Garrison | Dec 15, 2022 | Industry News
Multifamily Housing (MFH) has developed a pilot program for simple transfers under authority in Section 506(b) of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended (42 U.S.C. §1476(b)). The purpose of the pilot program is to reduce application requirements for certain types of...
by Audra Garrison | Dec 7, 2022 | Industry News
Updated RAD Contract Rents Now Available HUD has just posted the 2022 RAD Contract Rents, which are used to determine the initial contract rents in the Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract for public housing properties converting under RAD. HUD will...