State Updates
Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program Moving Forward
Housing News
September 9, 2011
According to the Fact Sheet published yesterday by The White House, The American Jobs Act will include $15 billion for rehabilitation of homes and commercial properties:
September 9, 2011
Please click here to read the letter.
September 8, 2011
Please click here to read the budget document.
Please click here to see CHAPA's side-by-side comparison to FY2010 and FY2011.
September 7, 2011
On September 7th, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced her decision not to certify a new initiative petition to substantially amend the Comprehensive Permit Law.
If put before the voters and passed, the petition would have reduced the affordable housing safe harbor of each municipality from 10 percent to 3 percent of its housing stock, eliminated limited dividend organizations from the statute, and changed the law so that comprehensive permits could no longer override one particular form of local rule, a local wetland bylaw.
September 7, 2011
Please click here for the updated database, and here for the endnotes.
September 7, 2011
CHAPA submitted comments on both Dodd-Frank rules regarding Ability-to-Repay (QM) and Credit Risk Retention (QRM).
Ability-to-Repay (QM) Comments
Credit Risk Retention (QRM) Comments
September 7, 2011
Please click here to view the draft legislation.
September 1, 2011
August 31, 2011
Homeowners in 27 States & Puerto Rico Will Have Until September 15 to Apply for EHLP Funding