CARH’S BROADCAST EMAIL—Legislative Alert As CARH members will recall, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) P.L. 117-2 included an additional $100 million that was appropriated for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Section 521 Rental Assistance (RA) program. This additional RA was intended to help non-RA residents, who the agency had…
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – Regulatory Alert Rural Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following announcement: On June 14th, 2022, Rural Development (RD) released Version 8.2.1 of the Preliminary Assessment Tool (PAT). RD underwriters utilize the PAT to document Multifamily (MFH) transfer and Multifamily Housing Preservation and Revitalization (MPR) decisions. This version includes updated…
CARH’S BROADCAST EMAIL – MEMBER UPDATE As announced in a March 7th broadcast email, CARH is inviting you to complete CARH’s 2020 Program survey. This is the 8th year that CARH has conducted the survey which, when completed and analyzed, will rank the top rural housing developers, managers, and owners in the industry through December…
CARH’S BROADCAST EMAIL – MEMBER UPDATE Serving on the CARH Board of Directors is an excellent opportunity to actively support your organization and to help develop policies and initiatives that will positively impact the affordable rural housing industry. CARH is seeking members to fill two board openings that will become available in June due to…
Rural Development’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent the following information regarding hosting the USDA Summer Food Service Program: In states across the nation many children receive free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch while school is in session through USDA’s School Breakfast and National School Lunch Programs. However, when schools let out for the summer, many…
The Biden administration today announced its Housing Supply Action Plan to close the housing supply shortfall in five years, including the creation and preservation of hundreds of thousands of affordable homes in the next three years. Click here for a PDF of the Action Plan. On May 17th, the ACTION Campaign, which CARH is a…
May 12, 2022 Leahy, Collins, Wyden Lead In Introducing Bipartisan LIFELINE Act To Unlock American Rescue Plan Funds For Affordable Housing Development NCHSA Fact Sheet on LIFELINE ACT
HUD’s Office of Housing sent this bulletin at 05/10/2022: Multifamily Housing News Dear Multifamily Housing Partners, There is a new federal subsidy program that can help your residents pay for internet service. The Affordable Connectivity Program, offered through many internet service providers, gives households $30 a month to cover the cost of internet service and a one-time…
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – CARH News The March/April 2022 edition of CARH News, the Council for Affordable and Rural Housing’s (CARH) bimonthly electronic newsletter, is now available online on CARH’s website, www.carh.org, or for viewing by clicking here. In this issue, you will find: The DOJ Issues Long Awaited Guidance on Website Accessibility Food for…
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Press Release dated May 5, 2022. Agencies Issue Joint Proposal to Strengthen and Modernize Community Reinvestment Act Regulations. Community Reinvestment Act Proposal Fact Sheet (PDF).