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Announcements from RD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Production & Preservation Division
Tenant Selection Plans & Preferences for People Experiencing Homelessness P2 will actively continue to collaborate with industry partners seeking regulatory relief from the Agency to adopt tenant selection plan preferences for families or...
HUD Issues Notice on Stability Vouchers to Address Unsheltered Homelessness and Homelessness in Rural Areas
HUD has recently issued a notice (attached) for 4,000 new Stability Vouchers (similar to the Emergency Housing Voucher Program) that seek to address unsheltered homelessness and homeless encampments. The notice directs Stability Vouchers to PHAs...
Please Urge Congress to Support Affordable Housing and Rental Assistance Programs that Preserve, Rehabilitate, and Create New Affordable Housing
Urge Members of Congress to work together to ensure affordable housing and rental assistance programs receive funding. Ask your lawmakers to provide increased funding for affordable housing and rental assistance programs that preserve,...
Comment Period Extended for Housing Assistance Payment Support Services Draft Solicitation
HUD has extended the period for public comment on a draft contract solicitation (also attached) for future HAP contract support services (Formerly known as Performance-Based Contract Administrator (PBCA) Program). Members can also submit their...
Davis-Bacon and Labor Standards: Agency/Contractor Guide and Contractor Addendum Now Available
The Davis-Bacon Labor Standards: Agency/Contractor Guide and Contractor Addendum are now available on the HUD Exchange. The Guide and Addendum are new and improved compliance resources created with usability in mind – they are accessible and...
FSS NOFO Released – Multifamily Owners Eligible
We are excited to share with you that the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for Fiscal Year 2022 published today. For the first time, owners participating in HUD's Multifamily Section 8 project-based rental...
USDA Update: Updated 2022 Income Limits For Section 538; ReConnect Program Round 4 Funding
Announcing Updated 2022 Income Limits for Rural Development’sSection 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Effective immediately, USDA’s Office of Multifamily Housing has updated its 2022 Income Limits for the Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental...
White House and HUD Announce New Actions to Lower Electricity Bills for Working Families
The Biden Administration recently announced new actions, through HUD, to connect families served by HUD programs to solar power and help lower their electricity bills. To help lower the cost of electricity, HUD issued new guidance that will help...
White House, Treasury Host Summit on Eviction and Prevention Reform
The White House and U.S. Department of Treasury hosted a White House Summit on Building Lasting Eviction Prevention Reform. With reports that the Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) beginning to wind down, the Summit focused on eviction prevention...
USDA Multifamily Housing Quarterly Update Meeting Rescheduled for Sept. 29, 2022
Join USDA Rural Development Multifamily Housing (MFH) leadership to receive updates on MFH programs. USDA Rural Development MFH Field Operations staff hold these quarterly to provide updates to our customers. To join us for this meeting...