12 / 15 / 2010
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Rural Innovation Fund Program According to the advanced Notification of Funds Available (NOFA) there is approximately $25,750,000 in Rural Innovation grant funds from HUD. The Rural Innovation Fund is a new program and provides support to tackle problems of concentrated rural housing distress and community poverty projects that have the best possibility of making a significant improvement in the quality of life within the project area. There are two funding categories
08 / 17 / 2010
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Corporation for Supportive Housing - Between the Lines--National Edition The Corporation for Supportive Housing has recently published the 2010 National Edition of Between the Lines: A Question and Answer Guide on Legal Issues in Supportive Housing. The guide is designed to provide clarification on general legal principles related to developing, leasing, and operating supportive housing
08 / 09 / 2010
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FHC Takes on New Advocacy Role, Continues Community Land Trust Work
07 / 20 / 2010
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CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER MEMORANDUM NO. 05 (2009-2010) Memorandum
06 / 30 / 2010
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The Florida Housing Coalition has recently received guidance from staff at the Department of Revenue about an important question of interest to NSP Grantees: “Are NSP mortgages exempted from paying the intangible tax and documentary stamp tax?” According to Ms...
05 / 20 / 2010
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HUD has released the estimated median family incomes (MFIs) and income limits for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010. MFIs are used as the basis for income limits in several HUD programs (including the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher, CDBG, and HOME programs), as well as in programs run by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Treasury, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
04 / 30 / 2010
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The housing bills that repealed the cap on the state and local housing trust funds (HB 665 sponsored by Representative Aubuchon and SB 262 sponsored by Senator Bennett) passed both the House and the Senate, but will not become law because the housing bill became a vehicle for other agendas
04 / 27 / 2010
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The omnibus affordable housing bill moved through its last step before final passage today (April 27). As noted earlier, HB 665 which removes the cap on the Sadowski affordable housing trust funds, passed the House last week. Its companion bill, SB 262, was withdrawn from its remaining committees in the Senate earlier this week, and placed on the Special Order Calendar (the bills that are actually taken up)
