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HUD's Office of Housing published Notice H-2024-10, which updates the Environmental Reporting Requirements for five types of transactions. The five types of covered transactions are:
Section 8(bb) Transfers of Budget Authority;
Transfers of Rental Assistance with HUD Held or Insured Debt and/...
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Since its inception in the Housing Act of 1937, public housing has faced decades of chronic underfunding and disinvestment. While the last 30 years has brough renewed commitment to new policies and investments in public housing, a cohesive national strategy to...
From the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority's press release:
In always looking for better ways to improve on protecting the environment and saving costs, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) continues to lead the way. Members of the CMHA Housing Development team are...
PIH Notice 2024-20 clarifies the use of cooling technologies and air conditioning in public housing, explains the eligible activities to achieve cooling using Capital Funds, and outlines PHAs’ discretion to establish individual relief policies for excess utility consumption due to extreme...
From the Municipal Housing Authority of the City of Yonkers' press release:
Officials from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the NYS Office of Housing and Community Renewal were among those who toured a unique senior housing complex in Southwest Yonkers that is being...
From Yale Climate Connections:
The federal government requires all public housing to be heated to keep residents warm, but it does not require cooling. So during heat waves, people may be at risk of heat stroke and other heat-related illnesses, especially as the climate warms.
So Miami-Dade...
From KATU 2 Vancouver:
The City of Vancouver was awarded a million-dollar grant for affordable housing upgrades this week.
According to the city, the grant is from the Washington State Department of Commerce for energy efficiency upgrades in affordable housing.
The grant will be used to focus on...
HUD and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced the adoption of the updated Minimum Energy Standards for new single and multifamily homes. The vast majority of HUD-financed units that will be built to the updated standards are single-family...
From the Seattle Times:
Washington state will receive more than $156 million to launch programs to provide rooftop solar and other forms of solar energy to people with lower incomes and on the front lines of climate change.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a total of $7 billion...
PHAs Could Be Impacted, Compliance Required by January 1, 2025
HUD has published a Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS) final rule in the Federal Register. The final rule...