Access a pdf version of HAC News.  • Democrats call for full year continuing resolution  • New Markets Tax Credit extended  • Hinojosa commits to reintroducing RHED bill  • Congressional staff predict changed preservation bill for new Congress  • NMTC allocations offered for 2007  • Rural Business Opportunity Grants available  • HUD seeks comment on multi-race data for IHBG  • RD to change Section 523 self-help competition  • Rental costs and housing wage still rising, says Out of Reach report  • Rural housing conference highlights on web  • Rural Voices covers capacity building  • Season's greetings!

Access a pdf version of HAC News.  • Appropriations may be left to January or later  • Business feasibility and marketing grants offered for REAP Zones  • HUD proposes changes to ease transition to new PHA operating subsidy formula  • OTS proposes to make CRA regulations uniform  • Comments sought on FSA state and county committee elections  • New entities to coordinate services for elderly and youth  • Exurban communities and residents described in new report  • Employer assisted housing information available  • New HAC report examines Section 514/516 farmworker housing

Access a pdf version of HAC News.  • Election will shift Congressional housing leadership  • Appropriations still pending  • Rural rental housing preservation trends continue  • Housing leaders honored, facts updated for Native American Heritage Month  • Events planned to increase awareness of homelessness  • Primary cause of homelessness is shortage of federal funding, report says  • AARP finds seniors list affordable housing fourth among community priorities  • Rural transportation progress summarized  • Rural Learning Network offers degrees  • There's still time to register for HAC's National Rural Housing Conference 2006

Access a pdf version of HAC News.  • HUD Advises Early Registration And Renewal At GRANTS.GOV  • New HUD Rule Governs Public Housing Demolition & Disposition  • Comment Period Reopened For BIA Trust Land Management Rule  • IHBG Minimum Grants Extended  • HUD Allows Disaster Area PHAS To Use Funds For Vouchers, Extends Deadline  • Good Neighbor Next Door Regulations Issued  • Prepaid/Opted-Out HUD Properties Compared To Others  • One Federal Spending Database Online, Another Authorized  • American Housing Survey 2005 Data Available  • Funders Can Support Anti-Predatory Lending Efforts, Paper Says  • Housing And Travel Costs Add Up To A Heavy Load, Study Says  • NLIHC Seeks Entries For Cushing Niles Dolbeare Media Awards

 • USDA Testing Automated Underwriting For Section 502 Guaranteed Loans  • Tom Hannah Named USDA RD Deputy Administrator For Multi-Family Housing  • Agencies Advise Lenders About Nontraditional Mortgages  • Affordable Housing Program Final Rule Issued  • Comments Requested On FHFB Risk Ratings  • Participation Pilot Created For NMTC Entities  • Use Of Predatory Mortgage Loans Apparently Increasing In Rural Areas  • Cost Burdens Growing For Lowest Income Households  • New Supplement Issued To HUD Tenants' Rights Guide  • Greening Affordable Housing Seminar Offered November 13-14  • October 31 Is Early Registration Deadline For National Rural Housing Conference!

 • CR Will Carry Government To November 17  • House Passes Housing Bills  • New Law Mandates Changes To Disaster Housing Efforts  • Youthbuild Moving To Labor  • Native American CDFI Fund Dates Changed  • Section 538 Guarantee Fee Shift Suggested  • Shortened PHA Plans Proposed  • FMRs, DDAs, QCTs, OCAFs Released  • Court Ruling May Lead To A Preservation Victory  • Native American Mortgages Increase, New Website Launched

 • RHED Authorization Proposed  • Alternative Housing Pilot Program for Gulf Coast States Announced  • Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grants Competition Reopened  • RD Issues Guidance for Indian Housing Preferences  • Funding Shortfalls Likely in Sections 502 Direct and 523 TA Programs  • Hispanic Heritage, Rural America, and Emergency Preparedness Recognized  • Changing Poverty Definition Could Alter Metro/Nonmetro Comparison, ERS Reports  • Hurricane's Hidden Costs High in Rural Places, Report Says  • NAACP and NAHB Issue Joint Policy Report on Minority Homeownership  • REGISTER NOW FOR HAC CONFERENCE! Brochure and Registration are Online

 • Congress returns, continuing resolution likely  • CDFI Fund revises FY 2007 NOFA  • Public housing asset management guidance issued, comments requested  • OTS issues guidance on "community development" definition  • HUD to cap PHA operating fund reductions  • Median income rose in 2005, nonmetro places and minorities still lag  • Rural child poverty increased 2000-2005  • Data on work show increasing gaps  • HAC conference registration forms are online  • Rural housing award nominations due September 15

 • TANF and Katrina anniversaries spark analyses  • Ginnie Mae to securitize rural revitalization loans  • USDA offers community facilities hurricane assistance  • HUD extends comment period on manufactured housing installation  • Section 523 application guidance published  • Notices clarify specifics for Section 502 guarantee program  • HUD reports show HOME program results  • Census begins releasing American Community Survey data  • New site provides homebuying information  • Rural housing award nominations due September 15

 • Vote on sunset bills delayed  • House passes two FHA bills July 25  • Report on preservation bill issued  • BIA proposes new trust land management rule  • HUD announces grants.gov change, extends ROSS deadline  • Changes to Insular Areas CDBG program suggested  • Sections 202 and 811 SuperNOFA corrected  • HUD lists programs subject to nondiscrimination laws  • USDA paper addresses rural development issues for next Farm Bill  • CDCs produce homes, commercial and industrial activity, and jobs, study says  • HAC collecting PIX comments  • Rural Voices examines Appalachia  • 2006 National Rural Housing Conference registration to begin soon

 • Senate acts on 2007 HUD funding  • House to vote on sunset commission bills  • Comments invited on historic preservation and affordable housing  • HUD explains eminent domain ban  • Judge orders FEMA utility payments

 • Single-family demonstration loans offered  • RCDI funds available  • New system e-mails notices of prepayment requests  • USDA seeks input on Section 538 program  • Public housing operating funds fall short  • GAO identifies reasons for Section 8 cost increases  • Lower housing costs may mean higher transportation costs  • Information helps educate elders about healthy homes  • New Kids Count data released  • Rural IDA successes described in new HAC report  • HAC requests rural housing award nominations

 • Senate panel funds rural housing for 2007  • HUD proposes changing GSE risk-based capital requirements  • Minimum wage lowest in 50 years  • Housing plus services model featured in new HAC report  • 2006 National Rural Housing Conference registration to begin soon  • HAC News e-mail subscribers get news sooner

 • House passes HUD funding bill  • Rural rental preservation bill amended in House committee  • Several housing bills advance  • Rural housing deleted in final disaster funding bill  • Grants for veterans social services offered  • HUD extends deadlines for New England disaster areas  • 2007 FMRs proposed  • Changes to GSE regulations proposed  • Manufactured housing changes under consideration  • Comments sought on accounting standards  • HUD expands property flipping exceptions  • The State of the Nation=s Housing 2006 released  • USDA RD launches Native American website  • HAC requests rural housing award nominations  • Other Awards offered

 • June is National Homeownership Month  • Subcommittee approves rural rental bill  • Other housing bills advance  • Full House passes agriculture spending bill  • Subcommittee acts on HUD funding  • HUD proposes CDBG Reform Act  • Emergency capital repair grants offered for elderly projects  • USDA has mortgage aid for hurricane disaster areas  • HUD changes SuperNOFA  • CDBG regulatory changes address brownfields and job pirating  • Maxwell Awards deadline June 30

 • Rural housing gains in House committee  • HUD appropriations to begin soon  • Senate approves Gulf Coast rural housing funds  • Rural Rental Housing Act reintroduced  • Hearings scheduled on home equity lending  • U.S. population shifting out of large cities

 • House begins USDA appropriations process  • HUD corrects SuperNOFA  • Section 202 demo grants to be available  • VA offers capital grants to assist homeless vets  • New Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement issued  • USDA changes surety requirements  • PHAS financial condition indicator revised  • IRS addresses exempt status for LIHTC general partners  • USDA emphasizing Rural Development name  • New HUD strategic plan online  • Study documents rental housing shortage  • CDBG rural successes described in Rural Voices  • There's still time to register for rental preservation training

 • Preservation bill hearing set, materials on HAC's site  • RHS issues Section 525 NOFA  • VA launches multifamily program  • HOPE VI NOFAs published  • OTS adopts community development definition  • Comments invited on GSE regulatory plan  • EPA extends deadline for comments on lead paint renovation standards  • Section 515 and 514 tenant data available  • National League of Cities' National City Network features affordable housing in April  • Publications aim to help provide resident services  • Higher energy costs affect rural economies  • Early registration ends April 21 for rental preservation training

 • Rural rental preservation bill introduced  • Senate committee includes rural housing in emergency appropriations bill  • Written comments on HUD budget invited  • FEMA issues guidelines on transition from emergency housing aid  • USDA RD explains residence status documentation for Section 538  • HUD posts guidance on PHA "stop loss" provision  • April is Fair Housing Month  • Studies show support for fair housing increasing, discrimination continuing  • Many LIHTC programs support rental preservation  • Preserving Rural Rental Housing: A Practitioner's Conference registration encouraged

 • USDA Rural Development offers funds for many programs  • Hurricane aid and waivers announced  • RHS considers mandating homebuyer education  • HUD proposes Mark-to-Market changes  • CRA guidance finalized  • Cost comparison methodology issued for public housing conversions  • Affordable rental housing essential but shrinking, Harvard study says  • Rural areas recognizing their wealth  • Hurricane housing rights flyer published  • Rural Voices magazine now available electronically

 • HUD issues SuperNOFA  • Innovations in Manufactured Homes funds offered  • RHS proposes homeownership requirements  • Testing finds race-based discrimination against evacuees  • Nontraditional mortgages comment period extended  • Research shows many must choose between food and housing  • State predatory lending laws work, report concludes  • County population and poverty estimates available  • Rural Voices magazine now available electronically  • HUD extends Woodson Awards deadline  • Rural disaster responses covered in Rural Voices  • Register now for HAC’s regional training conferences

 • Budget would eliminate DOL farm labor housing  • New Disaster Voucher Program succeeds KDHAP  • RHS proposes Section 502 payment assistance reform  • Consolidated Plan regulations changed  • CDBG allocations and waivers listed  • HUD rescinds some 50th percentile FMRs  • Section 8 Annual Adjustment Factors corrected  • Resources online for HUD voucher rules and funding  • Census reports on Native Americans  • National Agricultural Workers Survey continues  • National Community Reinvestment Coalition conference coming  • Register for HAC's green building training

 • Administration housing budget proposals resemble 2006 requests - USDA RD/RHS's budget & HUD Budget  • Permanent housing suggested as use for surplus federal properties  • Poverty guidelines updated  • Income disparities still growing  • Housing mobility report released  • Awards offered  • Share your CDBG stories with HAC  • Register now for HAC's green building training!

 • Vote on 2006 budget, proposal for 2007 coming soon  • HUD publishes general section of SuperNOFA  • HUD seeks comments on SuperNOFA logic model  • Section 8 renewal rules changed  • Allocations posted for HOME, CDBG, ESG, and HOPWA  • USDA RD updates guidance on housing hurricane evacuees  • HUD reportedly planning new voucher program for evacuees  • Fair housing campaign for hurricane survivors launched  • Listserv connects those helping hurricane survivors  • HUD report describes ways to prevent homelessness  • Save the dates for HAC's trainings and conference

 • Deadlines extended for HUD hurricane aid  • FEMA hotel deadline lengthened, new codes required  • SBA applications not required for some hurricane housing aid  • HUD issues final rule on electronic applications  • EPA proposes lead based paint renovation standards  • Lender regulators request comments on nontraditional mortgages  • Most college students barred from Section 8  • Public housing operating fund notice republished  • HUD says GSEs met 2004 housing goals  • New HAC publications cover manufactured housing, rental preservation  • Save the dates for HAC's green building training