On April 28, 2023, RD’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following information: On April 20, 2023, Rural Development Multifamily Housing leadership held a meeting providing a quarterly update to our external partners. The update included information about leadership changes, Multifamily Physical Inspection Pilot Program (MPIPP), Civil Rights Compliance Reviews, and lots of other…
On April 20, 2023, Rural Development sent out the following information: On Nov. 15, 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which includes the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA). BABAA requires that all iron, steel, manufactured products and construction materials used in federally funded projects must be produced in the United…
April 19, 2923 – Nixon Peabody Affordable Housing Alert $1B in Grants Available for Green Space Development
On April 17, 2023, Rural Development sent out the following information and press release: $20 million in Technical Assistance Funding is Available to Plan High-Speed Internet Projects in Rural Communities WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $20 million to deliver broadband technical assistance resources for rural communities,…
This year, HUD is commemorating the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the landmark civil rights law signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on April 11, 1968, that made discrimination in housing transactions unlawful. The Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in housing because of race, color national origin, religion, sex (including…
On April 13, 2023, HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following information: Important changes are underway in COVID-related policies. Effective April 1, 2023, states have restarted yearly Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility reviews, and the Emergency Allotments for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) ended in March 2023. Join HUD, the…
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION UPDATE April 12, 2023 Dear CARH Members: The CARH Scholarship Foundation (Foundation) has extended the deadline for accepting scholarship applications to Wednesday, May 10, 2023.If you have not already done so, please contact your onsite property managers and let them know about the CARH Scholarships so that they can encourage their eligible residents…
REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER CARH’S BROADCAST EMAIL – Member Update April 11, 2023 As announced in a March 13th broadcast email, CARH is inviting you to complete CARH’s Top 20 for 23 survey (formerly the CARH 2020 survey). This is the 9th year that CARH has conducted the survey which, when completed and analyzed, will…
On April 7, 2023, RD’s Multifamily Housing sent out the following information: 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 on Thursday, April 20, 2023, at 3:00…
March 29, 2023 — FASB Press Release Printout of Press Release below: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that improves the accounting and disclosures for investments in tax credit structures. The ASU is a consensus of the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF). The ASU allows reporting entities to elect…