Tuesday miscellany -- HUDs and ends
HUD CPD's "HOMEfires" newsletter has new guidance on "Participating Jurisdictions' responsibilities for developing, disseminating, and implementing affirmative marketing procedures" affecting projects of five HOME-assisted units or more.
The new NLIHC Memo to Members among other things reports Sen. Shelby recently called the national flood insurance program "bankrupt." The Memo also offers a new Listserv for housing advocates but I'm getting error messages back from the posted registration address. Anyone else had success? [UPDATE: Seems to be working now.]
FEMA is "increasing the statewide per capita threshold for recommending cost share adjustments for disasters declared on or after January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006."
Apart from which, there's a HUD final rule on revisions to the FHA Credit Watch Termination Initiative, and a request for comment on
Also, there's a request for comment on the plans and reports required to be submitted by housing agencies that receive the special "Moving to Work" dispensations in their housing voucher programs. This one may be worth attention from a public records point of view, especially as some "Moving to Work" programs -- Atlanta's "CATALYST" especially -- have been criticized for evicting the unemployed.
More comment requests on information collections today: on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reporting, the "Continuum of Care" homeless assistance grant application, and FHA's Form HUD-92417, the "Personal Financial and Credit Statement."
The new NLIHC Memo to Members among other things reports Sen. Shelby recently called the national flood insurance program "bankrupt." The Memo also offers a new Listserv for housing advocates but I'm getting error messages back from the posted registration address. Anyone else had success? [UPDATE: Seems to be working now.]
FEMA is "increasing the statewide per capita threshold for recommending cost share adjustments for disasters declared on or after January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2006."
Apart from which, there's a HUD final rule on revisions to the FHA Credit Watch Termination Initiative, and a request for comment on
Also, there's a request for comment on the plans and reports required to be submitted by housing agencies that receive the special "Moving to Work" dispensations in their housing voucher programs. This one may be worth attention from a public records point of view, especially as some "Moving to Work" programs -- Atlanta's "CATALYST" especially -- have been criticized for evicting the unemployed.
More comment requests on information collections today: on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac reporting, the "Continuum of Care" homeless assistance grant application, and FHA's Form HUD-92417, the "Personal Financial and Credit Statement."
posted by Martha Bridegam at 11:55 AM
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