Housing News

The Roger Williams University (RWU) Community Partnerships Center has issued a Call for Projects with an affordable housing focus in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  The program is open to non-profits and government agencies and provides student-faculty teams that can provide a wide range of types of project-based assistance.  Applications are due by October 1.

In an editorial on September 5 entitled "Legislature Must Thwart Efforts to Chip Away at Housing Law", the Boston Globe called on the Legislature to respect the will of the voters and the economic needs of the state and reject efforts to weaken the comprehensive permit law.  The editorial describes three provisions inserted in the Housing Bond Bill that are designed to stop specific projects but are likely to

The Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) Coalition is preparing a report on sequestration that will illustrate the impact on users of NDD programs and highlight the successes of these programs pre-sequestration. The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) serves on the NDD Steering Committee and is working on the chapter on housing programs, and together with the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding, has put together a short survey to capture basic impacts of sequestration of HUD program funding on low income households and organizations.

From DHCD: PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan

A Joint document between the Interagency Council on Housing and Homelessness and the Governor’s Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Just Released: Increasing the Effectiveness of Government’s Response to the Intersection of Homelessness, Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence in the Commonwealth of Massachusett

HUD published an amendment on August 15, making a technical correction to the final rule on "Streamlining Requirements Governing the Use of Funding for Supportive Housing for the Elderly and Persons With Disabilities Programs," issued this June.  Specifically, the amendment corrects language on the duration of fund reservation, making it clear that the rule extends the duration of the fund reservation for a capital adv

Both HUD and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued statements this month regarding the City of Richmond, California proposal to use eminent domain to acquire homes of underwater homeowners for less than their current market value.  The City would then re-sell the homes to the owners at market value using FHA-insured mortgages (see Slate and the

  Save the Date: New England Housing Network Annual Conference-2013 Friday, December 6, 2013 Sheraton Framingham Hotel, Framingham, MA   Plenary Session Featuring Housing Finance Agency Executive Directors from all 6 New England states    

DHCD has issued the revised HomeBASE program regulation (760 CMR 65.00) as a emergency regulation.  Changes are highlighted in red.

DHCD has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for one or more non-profit entities to administer the Community Partnership Fund for the Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) program.  Key responsibilities will include raising, managing and redistributing funds for qualified investments.  Responses are due by August 30, 2013 at noon.