BOSTON – At a State House press event today, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) released a briefing paper entitled, The Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, Maintaining the State’s Primary Homelessness Prevention Tool. The report documents the program as a cost-effective tool to maintain housing for extremely low income families and individuals, and highlights the potential increase in homelessness and the subsequent increased costs to the Commonwealth if the program is cut.
Housing News
June 20, 2011
June 20, 2011
Please click here to view the Toolkit.
June 20, 2011
Please click here to read, in detail, requests made by the Building Blocks Committee to the Conference Committee.
June 20, 2011
Please click here to read the full text of DHCD's new policy.
June 20, 2011
President Obama signed S. 896 on May 20, 2009. This bill includes a nationwide 90 day preeviction notice requirement for tenants in foreclosed properties. The provisions of the bill are effective on enactment, May 20, 2009.
Specifically, the new law will require that the immediate successor in interest at foreclosure
June 20, 2011
State Updates
Senate Budget Amendment Restores Majority of Housing Cuts
On May 19th, the Senate passed an amendment that would partially restore many of the cuts proposed for affordable housing programs in the Senate Ways and Means budget. The funding restorations were made possible by a vote to raise the Sales Tax to 6.25%. Absent new revenues, the cuts to these programs would have been even more devastating. The following increases were made:
June 20, 2011
Please click here to view CHAPA's amended budget analysis, which reflects the partial restoration to housing programs.
June 20, 2011
Please click here to read the New England Housing Network's latest Budget and Legislative Priorities.
June 20, 2011
HUD and the Treasury Department issued guidance on the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Exchange Program (“Section 1602”) on May 4, 2009. They held a joint webcast on May 6 to discuss the programs and issues that will be addressed through further guidance and/or “Q and A” websites. Both agencies emphasized the importance of meeting commitment and spending deadlines. Treasury was represented on the webcast by Jean Whaley and HUD by Marcia Sigal.
June 20, 2011
WASHINGTON – With the Making Home Affordable (MHA) program delivering much-needed relief to homeowners and to our economy just over two months after the release of program guidelines, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan today provided an update on the program’s impact on stemming the housing crisis and keeping families in their homes and announced new options for homeowners facing foreclosure.
Please click here for the full press release.