Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Funds running out for 502 guarantees, Representatives express concern • Capital Magnet Fund funds available, rules proposed • USDA to clarify subsidy recapture at foreclosure • CDFI Fund requests comments on statute • FHFA extends deadline for diversity rule • FTC proposes regulations for mortgage assistance relief services • Bank regulatory agencies update CRA questions and answers • Rural foreclosure crisis is unique, quick recovery unlikely, says research report • HAC offers Green Fund capacity building grants • USDA article examines past rural economic recoveries • GAO reports on use of public housing and weatherization Recovery Act funds • Rental preservation forums set for April, May, and September

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Field offices encouraged to obligate all Section 502 direct funds this year • USDA to announce some housing NOFAs on web only • Section 538 rental housing guarantees offered • RD changes position on Tax Credit Exchange Program funding as equity • New affordable housing goals proposed for Fannie and Freddie • Federal Home Loan Banks community development lending changes suggested • Census Bureau developing new poverty calculation • Census participation tools offered • Home Depot Offers $1 Million For 2010 Pro Trade Scholarships • Correction to budget table, HAC News, 2/3/10 • Rural Voices magazine covers colonias • Registration and details posted for HAC’s conference on sustainable approaches

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • United Nations report addresses adequate housing in U.S. • Section 538 continuous guarantee program proposed • Farmworker housing rental assistance provision implemented • RD issues guidance on design/build or construction management • HUD seeks comments on planning grant program • H2-A final rule effective March 15 • Deadline extended for mortgage licensing comments • Disaster recovery comments invited • USDA multifamily properties included in weatherization regulation • Foreclosure’s effects on Latino families reported • If you use HERS testing, please take HAC’s survey • HAC schedules conference on sustainable approaches in rural housing

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Budget proposes level funding for most USDA rural housing programs, none for MPR • HUD budget requests cuts for many programs in FY 2011 • Rules proposed for new rural water/wastewater predevelopment grant program • USDA announces self-help forums

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Exurbs and rural coastal counties had the most housing growth, 2000-2008 • FHFA seeks comments on diversity rule • HUD takes over HOPE for Homeowners program • Green building uses for recovery funds examined • Federal water-wastewater efforts on U.S.-Mexico border ineffective, GAO finds • Long term strategies needed to address tax credit slump, report concludes • Winter strategies for homeless highlighted • Webinars offered on Strategies for Community Prosperity • Affordable Housing Finance seeks award nominations • Economic impact of aid to renters studied • Resources available to help families claim tax credits • Community leaders social networking site includes rural development • SAVE THE DATE FOR HAC’S NATIONAL RURAL HOUSING CONFERENCE 2010!

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Housing Trust Fund and public housing included in House jobs bill • House votes to extend tax credit exchange and New Markets Tax Credit for one year • HUD reminds PHAs and others of nondiscrimination and accessibility requirements • HUD income verification rule finalized • New RESPA booklet available • Guidance proposed for reverse mortgages • CDFIs may become FHLB members • Comments sought on PHA mortgages • Updated CHAS data published • 2010 Census to begin with an Alaska Native • Using outcome measures, rural America more prosperous than expected • Researchers find medical problems may be a major cause of foreclosures

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • HUD spending bill nears completion • HUD proposes trust fund allocation formula • Mortgage licensing standards drafted

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • HUD funding bill for FY 2010 still uncertain • Deadlines extended for Section 202 and 811 applications • HOPE VI Main Street grants offered • Green retrofit funds no longer available • Inspection requirements restated for purchases with Section 502 guaranteed loans • RD clarifies State Environmental Coordinator role • HUD seeks ideas for reform • FHA proposes changes related to lenders • Transition period for new H-2A farmworker rules extended • HUD releases some 2010 operating cost adjustment factors • Analyses show poverty increased more in rural places, poverty of rural children varied • High-poverty places described in new report • Housing shortage growing for extremely low-income renters

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • November is National Native American Heritage Month: Administration promises action • National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week set for November 15-21 • RD targets Section 502 guarantees for refinancing • USDA National Appeals Division amends procedures • Change to lead repair certification proposed • Disaster recovery input sought • Fannie Mae Deed for Lease™ Program to help homeowners become renters • Homeownership subsidies in 2009 almost four times those for rental housing • Strong state anti-predatory lending laws linked with lower default rates • Rural Voices focuses on nonprofit sustainability • SAVE THE DATE FOR HAC’S NATIONAL RURAL HOUSING CONFERENCE 2010!

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Second CR will include HUD • USDA appropriations completed • Committee acts to create consumer agency • CDFI Fund offers housing counseling money • HUD suggests Logic Model for ICDBG grantees • OMB emphasizes place-based strategies for 2011 budget

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • USDA appropriations set for FY 2010 • HUD appropriations bill awaits conference committee action • House and Senate bills would fund National Housing Trust Fund • Family Unification Program funds offered • Comments requested on lead dust and paint • Revisions proposed for Enterprise Income Verification system • HUD to change tax credit equity escrow requirements • Deadline extended for Section 8 income limits “hold harmless” provision • Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts designated • Deadline now October 20 for comments on new H2-A rule • USDA RD revises multifamily transfer information • Fact sheets summarize tax credit shortages and benefits for each state • Surgeon General suggests action for healthy homes • Benefits of reduced blood lead levels calculated • HAC publishes rural foreclosure research

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • CR expected through October • HUD offers funds for homelessness, healthy housing • Assets for Independence grant applications due January 15, 2010 • CDFI Fund issues FY 2010 NOFA • RD guidance discusses stable, dependable income for Section 502 guaranteed borrowers • USDA withdraws guaranteed loans unified platform • FY 2010 final Fair Market Rents published • HUD explains protecting tenants in NSP properties • U.S. to host U.N. World Habitat Day on October 5 • IRS data on migration patterns shows coasts and small metro areas popular • Baby boom migration likely to impact rural America, ERS reports • Top 1% got two-thirds of U.S. income gains, 2002-2007

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Spending bills on track? • HUD seeks input on holding Section 8 income limits harmless • NOFAs issued for 202, 811, ALCP, and Service Coordinators • Continuous guarantee demonstration offered for Section 538 • Flood insurance regulations changed • New regulation proposed for H-2A workers • USDA audit guide updated for programs including Section 515 • Recession’s rural impacts summarized • Poverty remains higher in rural areas • Guidebook published for ACS rural data • Lower and higher income people help others in different ways, research finds

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Family homelessness increasing, especially in rural and suburban areas • HUD offers funds for Sections 202 and 811, and others • E-snaps registration information available for Continuums of Care • USDA RD issues annual CNA advice • HUD delays income verification rule • Final HECM counseling rule issued • TCEP spending requirement eased • Website compiles state laws that impact healthy homes • Manual published for organizations focusing on rapid rehousing • Lack of affordable housing is primary cause of family homelessness, research review concludes • Annual KIDS COUNT data released • Register now for September 24 rural preservation conference
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Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Appropriations documents now online • Funds offered for Native American CDFIs • HUD revises Tax Credit Assistance Program requirements • 2009 affordable housing goals set for Fannie and Freddie • FEMA proposes limits on assistance for repeated damage to public facilities • Tenant foreclosure protection explanations offered • Job losses highest in exurbs, analyses find • HUD offers Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award • Many public notices collected online • Rural Tour website established • Registration open for September 24 rural rental preservation conference

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Senate passes FY 2010 USDA appropriations bill • HUD funding bills passed by full House and by Senate committee • USDA announces ARRA Section 502 funds • Comments requested on GSEs’ duty to serve underserved markets including rural areas • Proposed Fair Market Rents for 2010 released • AHP refinancing role may be broadened • FHFA addresses multiple topics for Federal Home Loan Banks • Comments sought on use of Section 108 guarantees outside CDBG entitlement areas • FHA requests comments on insufficient credit histories • New flood insurance guidance for lenders • 2009 data show rent subsidy use rising in USDA multifamily housing • SSN/TIN requirement clarified for 502 and 504 borrowers • Local data on seriously delinquent mortgages published

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • USDA funding bills approved by full House, Senate Committee  • HUD funding bill may reach full House this week  • RHED authorization bill reintroduced  • Capitol Hill hearings cover USDA and HUD rental preservation  • HUD offers funds  • FEMA releases National Disaster Housing Strategy  • Administration conducts rural tour  • Fair housing featured in Rural Voices  • West Virginia dates added to HAC summer CHDO trainings  • Rural rental preservation conference set for September 24

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • USDA appropriations bills for 2010 expected to move forward this week  • Housing trust fund sources proposed  • HUD issues NOFAs for three university programs and healthy homes technical studies  • RD explains Davis-Bacon for ARRA-funded 502 mortgages  • Guidance issued on using Section 538 for Section 515 preservation  • USDA begins naming RD State Directors  • Rural Energy Plus Pilot Program becomes permanent part of Section 502 program  • CRA rules to be revised  • Approval proposed for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac innovations  • HUD GIS system aims to help those who help homeless  • Survey finds foreclosure and economic crises are increasing homelessness  • HAC offers summer CHDO trainings

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • House Appropriations Committee passes FY 2010 USDA funding bill  • Rental preservation bill re-introduced  • Veterans' housing bill passes House  • Congress changes Davis-Bacon for some HUD ARRA programs  • House approves full funding for 2010 Census  • RD offers disaster funds  • HUD funds available for housing counseling, training, and FSS  • Homeless prevention program notice corrected  • HUD revises lead control and reduction NOFA  • Capital Fund Recovery Grants NOFA corrected  • NSP2 NOFA corrected, bridge notice published  • USDA narrows data collection on race and other characteristics  • Protections for tenants in foreclosure explained  • Federal appeals court upholds prepayment ruling  • Harvard's Joint Center reviews impact of housing crisis on affordability  • HAC offers summer CHDO trainings

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • June is National Homeownership Month  • Congress begins reviewing appropriations bills  • HUD offers Native American housing funds  • Lead hazard control grants available  • USDA corrects list of state offices in Section 533 funding notice  • FTC requests comments on mortgage regulations  • H-2A final rule suspended  • Agencies provide guidance on new homebuyer tax credit  • Prequalification proposed for multifamily weatherization  • OMB issues Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement  • New media campaign promotes fair housing, report shows record filings in 2008  • HAC offers summer CHDO trainings

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Tammye Treviño named rural housing administrator.  • Foreclosure law signed, includes provisions for tenants and Sec. 502 guaranteed borrowers, as well as McKinney-Vento changes.  • New protections for renters in foreclosure take effect immediately.  • Senate votes for supplemental disaster housing funds.  • Additional details on HUD budget released.  • HUD offers Recovery Act NAHASDA and ICDBG funds.  • Section 514/516 off-farm Farm Labor Housing funds available.  • RD adds processing workers to "domestic farm laborers" definition.  • Comments requested on implementing Kennedy Serve America Act.  • USDA plans to collect standardized data on race, other characteristics.  • HUD encourages Ike/Gustav survivors to register for disaster housing vouchers.  • Online ARRA Clearinghouse collects Recovery Act information.  • Rural public housing authorities covered in Rural Voices magazine.  • Corrected link for details about HUD's Green Retrofit program.

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Obama Administration Budget Would Hold Most Rural Housing Programs Steady, Replace RHED • Budget includes settlement funds for black farmers • Foreclosure bills include protections for tenants and for Sec. 502 guaranteed borrowers  • HAC website provides RHED application help  • USDA offers Section 533 funds  • HUD will make NSP2 and public housing capital grants  • HUD implements Green Retrofit program for multifamily housing  • HUD and DOE agree to weatherize multifamily housing  • Former HUD Secretary Jack Kemp passes away at age 73

Access a pdf version of this HAC News.  • Two rural housing bills introduced in House  • AmeriCorps expansion bill signed into law  • RHED funds available, deadline May 29  • NOFAs issued for most USDA multifamily housing programs and for household water wells  • IDA grants offered  • Second funding round opens for CDFIs and Native American CDFIs  • USDA issues civil rights improvement plan  • Economic stimulus Section 502 direct loans explained  • RD preservation voucher policy updated  • Loss mitigation guide for 502 guaranteed loans reissued  • Transition period extended for new H-2A certification process  • Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development released

Access a pdf version of this HAC News.  • HUD changes SuperNOFA general section  • April is Fair Housing Month  • McKinney-Vento reauthorization bills introduced  • EPA smart growth aid available  • RBOG deadline extended, rural redefined  • OCC rule on bank public welfare investments final  • FEMA proposes rule on hurricane loan cancellations  • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac eviction ban ends  • Federal and state governments combat mortgage relief fraud  • Two updated reports confirm ongoing affordability crisis  • National "Jobs and Homes Now!" Day of Action set for June 11

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • AmeriCorps expansion to include housing work  • Rural utilities administrator named  • HUD launches new homelessness program  • Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program begins  • New Markets Tax Credit NOFA amended  • Energy weatherization amendments adopted  • HUD releases income data  • Federal Home Loan Bank capitalization comments deadline extended to May 15  • Comments requested on housing tax credit data  • USDA housing appeals results now online  • HUD delays income verification rule  • Vilsack housing remarks posted on HAC's website  • Congressman asks Vilsack about USDA office closings

Access a pdf version of this HAC News. • Tonsager nominated to head Rural Development  • Senators release rural agenda  • RBOG grants competition open  • Census seeks input on providing better data for small areas  • Comments sought on suspending new H-2A farmworker rules  • Capital Magnet Fund comments requested  • New deadlines set for OMB review and RD guaranteed loan platform  • Q&A describes HUD VA veterans vouchers  • HUD warns of deceptive website  • Fannie Mae streamlines loan lookup site for borrowers  • State foreclosure laws studied  • Guides help improve manufactured housing ownership  • USDA RD spending in FY 2008 consistent with recent past, HAC finds  • Survey on rural use of Neighborhood Stabilization Program