KDHAP answers and other agency tidbits
Here's a look at some of the federal announcements we missed during this past week's technical difficulties:
- HUD says it has opened a dozen housing assistance centers to administer the KDHAP housing relief program in areas housing large numbers of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.
- Possibly more important, HUD has posted a detailed 13-page KDHAP "Questions And Answers" document with considerable detail explained. Among other "answers," it says families who before the hurricane lived in non-HUD subsidized housing, such as USDA buildings, are not eligible for KDHAP asistance. In addition it specifically says former residents of HOME-subsidized and tax credit-subsidized buildings are not eligible for KDHAP, though they may qualify for the FEMA Individual Assistance Program. There are quite a few bits of helpful-looking guidance about how to arrange continuing subsidies for households swapping from one emergency housing situation to another.
- There's a new version, in fillable PDF form, of HUD's Standard Rating Criteria form for applications to the Sec. 811 disability housing program.
- There's finally a guidance document out from HUD on the reinstatement of federal Davis-Bacon wage requirements, now appearing alongside HUD's extensive guidance on the earlier Davis-Bacon suspension that followed Hurricane Katrina.
- HUD has posted a hurricane-induced waiver of anti-flipping rules for purchase and resale of single-family properties that appears to have been signed in late September.
- Following Orlando Cabrera's confirmation by the Senate to be Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD has a press release out with a fresh official bio and a welcome to the agency.
- The Federal Register has published the newest HUD list of mortgage issuers barred from originating single-family FHA mortgages.
- The Air Force issued a notice describing permission it has received from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for handling its now-historic Capeheart and Wherry Era family housing. Every once in a while these "Capeheart and Wherry" housing notices crop up in the military sections of the Federal Register. They may be worth following in places where military properties could eventually be used to help civilians in need of affordable housing.
- Farmer Mac has published a proposed rule for new disclosure/reporting and risk-based capital requirements.
- HUD says it has opened a dozen housing assistance centers to administer the KDHAP housing relief program in areas housing large numbers of evacuees from Hurricane Katrina.
- Possibly more important, HUD has posted a detailed 13-page KDHAP "Questions And Answers" document with considerable detail explained. Among other "answers," it says families who before the hurricane lived in non-HUD subsidized housing, such as USDA buildings, are not eligible for KDHAP asistance. In addition it specifically says former residents of HOME-subsidized and tax credit-subsidized buildings are not eligible for KDHAP, though they may qualify for the FEMA Individual Assistance Program. There are quite a few bits of helpful-looking guidance about how to arrange continuing subsidies for households swapping from one emergency housing situation to another.
- There's a new version, in fillable PDF form, of HUD's Standard Rating Criteria form for applications to the Sec. 811 disability housing program.
- There's finally a guidance document out from HUD on the reinstatement of federal Davis-Bacon wage requirements, now appearing alongside HUD's extensive guidance on the earlier Davis-Bacon suspension that followed Hurricane Katrina.
- HUD has posted a hurricane-induced waiver of anti-flipping rules for purchase and resale of single-family properties that appears to have been signed in late September.
- Following Orlando Cabrera's confirmation by the Senate to be Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, HUD has a press release out with a fresh official bio and a welcome to the agency.
- The Federal Register has published the newest HUD list of mortgage issuers barred from originating single-family FHA mortgages.
- The Air Force issued a notice describing permission it has received from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation for handling its now-historic Capeheart and Wherry Era family housing. Every once in a while these "Capeheart and Wherry" housing notices crop up in the military sections of the Federal Register. They may be worth following in places where military properties could eventually be used to help civilians in need of affordable housing.
- Farmer Mac has published a proposed rule for new disclosure/reporting and risk-based capital requirements.
posted by Martha Bridegam at 12:10 PM
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