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<title>Novogradac &amp; Company LLP - HUD Center Breaking News</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/</link>
<description>Breaking HUD news</description>

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<title>RENTAL POLICY WORKING GROUP RELEASES REPORT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2012/0103.php</link>
<description>The Rental Policy Working Group (RPWG) on December 31 released its &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hottopics/resource_files/rpwg_conceptual_proposals_123111.pdf"&gt;administrative proposals for the alignment of federal affordable rental housing programs&lt;/a&gt;... </description>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Jan 2012 10:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PUBLISHES PROPOSED HOME PROGRAM CHANGES</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1216.php</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/legislation/2011/hr_3502.pdf"&gt;proposed rule to amend its HOME Investment Partnerships program regulations&lt;/a&gt;... </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:10:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>FINAL 2012 RENT &amp; INCOME LIMIT CALCULATOR POSTED</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1214.php</link>
<description>Novogradac &amp; Company LLP has released the final version of the Rent &amp; Income Limit Calculator&amp;#0169; featuring the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) 2012 rent and income limit data... </description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 9:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>NOVOGRADAC'S RENT &amp; INCOME LIMIT CALCULATOR UPDATE FOR 2012</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/news/link/2011/1206.php</link>
<description>Novogradac &amp; Company LLP is pleased to announce that the &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/products/rentincome.php"&gt;Rent &amp; Income Limit Calculator&amp;#0169;&lt;/a&gt; has been updated to include the U.S.  Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) 2012 rent and income limit  data. ... </description>
<pubDate>Tues, 6 Dec 2011 10:40:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES INCOME LIMITS FOR 2012</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1201.php</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released income limits for 2012 ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 1 Dec 2011 12:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>BILL TO FUND PROJECT REBUILD INTRODUCED</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1129.php</link>
<description>Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., on November 18 introduced &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/legislation/2011/hr_3502.pdf"&gt;H.R. 3502, the Project Rebuild Act of 2011&lt;/a&gt;...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:45:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>FY 2012 MINIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL ENACTED</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1118.php</link>
<description>President Barack Obama today signed H.R. 2112, which provides fiscal year (FY) 2012 funding for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's housing programs...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:25:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>HUD ISSUES POLICY FOR NOT-FOR-PROFITS' SALE OF MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1115.php</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on November 10 issued &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/notices/h2011-31.pdf"&gt;Notice H 2011-31&lt;/a&gt;...</description>
<pubDate>Tues, 15 Nov 2011 9:55:00 PST</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PROPOSES HOME PROGRAM RULE CHANGES</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1104.php</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today  &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_102611.pdf"&gt;proposed new regulations to Congress that it says will improve the HOME Investment Partnerships program. &lt;/a&gt;...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Nov 2011 8:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES OPERATING COST ADJUSTMENT FACTORS FOR 2012</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/1026.php</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today published a  &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_102611.pdf"&gt;notice establishing the operating cost adjustment factors (OCAFs)&lt;/a&gt; for project-based assistance contracts for eligible multifamily housing projects having an anniversary date on or after February 11, 2012...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 8:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD POSTS 2012 FMRS, SETS 12/1 INCOME LIMIT RELEASE DATE </title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/0930.php</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its  &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/resource_files/fmrs/2012_final_fair_market_rents.pdf"&gt;final fair market rents (FMRs) for fiscal year (FY) 2012&lt;/a&gt;... </description>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 9:48:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE PASSES HUD FY 2012 APPROPRIATIONS BILL</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/0921.php</link>
<description>A U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee yesterday &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/budget/hud_appropriations_legislation_subcommittee_markup_092011_12.pdf"&gt;marked up the fiscal year (FY) 2012 appropriations bill for the departments under its jurisdiction,&lt;/a&gt;...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVES HUD APPROPRIATIONS BILL</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/0909.php</link>
<description>The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies yesterday approved a &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/budget/hud_appropriations_legislation_12.pdf"&gt;fiscal year (FY) 2012 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) appropriations bill&lt;/a&gt;...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Sep 2011 9:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES PROPOSED FY 2012 FMRS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/link/2011/0819.php</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/resource_files/fmrs/2012_proposed_fair_market_rents.pdf"&gt;proposed fair market rents (FMRs) for fiscal year 2012&lt;/a&gt;...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 9:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD REVISES INCOME LIMITS FOR SELECTED AREAS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110630</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released &lt;a href="http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/il/il11/index.html"&gt;revised fiscal year (FY) 2011 income limits for certain areas&lt;/a&gt; ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:42:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD STUDY FINDS $26 BILLION NEEDED FOR PUBLIC HOUSING REPAIRS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110627</link>
<description>As much as $25.6 billion could be required to address the capital needs of the nation's 1.2 million public housing units, according to a study released last week by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)  ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:20:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES CHOICE NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVE FUNDS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110608</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is making approximately &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/notices/nofa_choice_neighborhoods_060811.pdf"&gt;$3.6 million in assistance available through the fiscal year 2011 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative&lt;/a&gt;  ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jun 2011 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD CORRECTS NEW YORK METRO AREA INCOME LIMITS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110601b</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today issued &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/facts_figures/income_limits.php"&gt;corrected fiscal year (FY) 2011 income limit values&lt;/a&gt; for the New York, N.Y. HUD Metro Fair Market Rent Area.  ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jun 2011 17:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD UNVEILS GREEN REFINANCING PROGRAM</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110601</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday announced  &lt;a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=GreenRefiPlusFactSheet.pdf"&gt;Green Refinance Plus&lt;/a&gt;, a program that allows owners of existing affordable rental properties to refinance their mortgages and generate proceeds for energy-efficiency upgrades and other needed renovations ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jun 2011 8:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES INCOME LIMITS FOR 2011</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110531b</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released income limits for 2011. Click here for links to &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/facts_figures/income_limits.php"&gt;the 2011 income limits&lt;/a&gt; and accompanying information and tables ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 15:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES FINAL BLOCK GRANT ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110531</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced the final &lt;a href="http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/budget/budget11/"&gt;fiscal year 2011 block grant allocations&lt;/a&gt; to approximately 1,200 state and local governments under the Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA),and the Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program  ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 8:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD AWARDS HOPE VI GRANTS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110524</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday awarded nearly &lt;a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=HOPEVI2010grantsumm.pdf"&gt;$153 million in HOPE VI Revitalization Program grants&lt;/a&gt; to eight public housing authorities (PHAs).  ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 13:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD SOLICITS COMMENTS ON NATIVE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110506</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_050511.pdf"&gt;invited public comments on a proposed assessment of Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian housing needs&lt;/a&gt; ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 May 2011 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES CLOSING DOCUMENTS AND REGULATORY REVISIONS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110502</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released the final closing documents and issued the final regulatory revisions for multifamily rental properties ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 2 May 2011 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>RENTAL HOUSING REPORT FINDS RECORD-HIGH UNAFFORDABILITY</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110426</link>
<description>A record number of renters are paying more than half their income for housing, according to a report released today by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 9:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD REQUESTS COMMENT ON RENTAL HOUSING FINANCE SURVEY</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110421</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today issued a  &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_042111.pdf"&gt;request for comment on information that it proposes to collect through its 2012 Rental Housing Finance Survey&lt;/a&gt; (RHFS) ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 9:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN SMALL AREA FMR PROJECT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110420</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_042011.pdf"&gt;called for public housing agencies (PHAs) in metropolitan areas to participate&lt;/a&gt; in its Small Area Fair Market Rent (FMR) demonstration project ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 9:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PUBLISHES OPERATING PLAN IN CASE OF GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110408</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its &lt;a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=hudcontingencyplanfinal.pdf"&gt;Contingency Plan for Possible Lapse in Appropriations&lt;/a&gt; to be followed in the event that Congress is unable to reach agreement on a final budget, or another continuing resolution, for fiscal year 2011 funding, resulting in a government shutdown at midnight ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 8 Apr 2011 3:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD GRANTS 30-DAY BLANKET REAC EXTENSION</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110331</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday announced that the Office of Asset Management approved a blanket 30-day extension for Financial Assessment Subsystem (FASS) submissions ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD REQUESTS COMMENTS ON MIXED-FINANCE PROGRAM FORMS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110330</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it will accept public comment on a form and agreements that pertain to the financial closing of a Mixed-Finance housing development's rehabilitation or development ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>INDUSTRY GROUPS ASK SENATE TO INCREASE SECTION 8 FUNDING LEVELS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110328</link>
<description>Ten rental housing industry organizations sent a letter earlier this month encouraging the Senate to appropriate adequate funding ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD INVITES COMMENTS ON CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110323</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)  &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_032311.pdf"&gt;today invited public comments on a proposed information collection for the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative&lt;/a&gt;, a program that aims to revitalize severely distressed assisted housing and improve access to public services ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 9:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES 2011 ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110317</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday published fiscal year 2011 Contract Rent Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) in the Federal Register and on the agency's web site ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 1:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>BILL TO CAPITALIZE NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND INTRODUCED</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110308</link>
<description>Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., &lt;a href="http://reed.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=331655"&gt;introduced legislation last week&lt;/a&gt; that would contribute $1 billion to the National Housing Trust Fund for the creation, preservation and rehabilitation of affordable housing ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 8 Mar 2011 8:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES 2011 BASIC STATUTORY MORTGAGE LIMITS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php#20110224</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_022411.pdf"&gt;notice in the Federal Register adjusting the basic statutory mortgage limits for multifamily housing programs&lt;/a&gt; for calendar year 2011 ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 8:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>ADMINISTRATION RELEASES HOUSING FINANCE REFORM PROPOSAL </title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2011archive.php.php#20110211</link>
<description>The Obama Administration today delivered a report to Congress proposing a plan to reform the housing finance market ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 8:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>CONGRESS PASSES LEGISLATION TO REFORM HUD SECTION 811</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php.php#20101221</link>
<description>The House today adopted S. 1481, the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act, which reforms the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2010 3:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD ANNOUNCES FY 2009 HOPE VI REVITALIZATION GRANTS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php.php#20101122</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published in today's Federal Register &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_112210.pdf"&gt;the names of the six housing authorities that received HOPE VI Revitalization Grants for fiscal year 2009&lt;/a&gt; ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 12:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD INVITES COMMENTS ON PROPOSED RENTAL HOUSING FINANCE SURVEY</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php.php#20101119</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a notice soliciting public comments on its 2011 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS)...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:10:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD AWARDS $50 MILLION IN CDBGS TO DISASTER AREAS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20101110</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a notice in today's Federal Register that &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_111010.pdf"&gt;makes available $50 million of the $100 million of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) disaster recovery funds&lt;/a&gt; allocated to areas declared major disaster areas as a result of severe storms and flooding that occurred from March through May 2010 ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 9:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD EXTENDS CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS INITIATIVE DEADLINE</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20101102</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced in today's Federal Register that it has posted a &lt;a href="http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-27545.pdf"&gt;technical correction&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href="http://www.grants.gov/"&gt;www.Grants.gov&lt;/a&gt; that extends its fiscal year 2010 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Round 1 notice of funding availability (NOFA) for at least 30 days ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD SEEKS COMMENTS ON PROPOSED HOUSING TRUST FUND RULES</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20101029</link>
<description>The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published proposed regulations governing the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>FINAL RULE ISSUED FOR USE OF PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUNDS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20101021</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today issued its &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_102110.pdf"&gt;final rule for public housing agencies' (PHAs') use of proceeds from the Capital Fund Financing Program for financing activities&lt;/a&gt; that include debt service payment and housing development and modernization ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PUBLISHES FINAL 2011 FAIR MARKET RENTS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20101004</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today published &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/facts_figures/fair_market_rents.php"&gt;final fiscal year 2011 fair market rents&lt;/a&gt; (FMRs) ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 4 Oct 2010 9:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>SENATOR BAUCUS INTRODUCES REVISED TAX EXTENDERS BILL</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100916</link>
<description>Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus today introduced a new version of tax extenders legislation. ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD ANNOUNCES FUNDS FOR HOPE VI, CHOICE NEIGHBORHOODS PILOT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100826</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) yesterday &lt;a href="http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-185"&gt;announced&lt;/a&gt; the availability of &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/notices/nofa_hope_vi_revitalization_082610.pdf"&gt;$124 million in HOPE IV&lt;/a&gt; awards and &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/notices/nova_cn_082610.pdf"&gt;$65 million in Choice Neighborhoods&lt;/a&gt; pilot grants ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 8:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PROPOSES FAIR MARKET RENTS FOR 2011 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100804</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released proposed fair market rents (FMRs) for the Housing Choice Voucher program and the Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program for fiscal year (FY) 2011 ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR SUBSIDY LAYERING REVIEWS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100709</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today provided &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_070910.pdf"&gt;administrative guidelines&lt;/a&gt; for implementing subsidy layering reviews in accordance with the requirements of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>FHA INCREASES OVERSIGHT OF MULTIFAMILY LENDERS, UNDERWRITERS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100707</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced a series of changes to the Federal Housing Administration's (FHA) multifamily insurance programs to update underwriting policies, increase lender and underwriter quality, and align loan application, submission and approval standards ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>PROPOSED CRA CHANGE ENCOURAGES NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM INVESTMENT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100617</link>
<description>The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies today &lt;a href="http://www.occ.gov/ftp/release/2010-66.htm"&gt;announced&lt;/a&gt; a &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/resource_files/cra/occ_release_2010-66a_061710.pdf"&gt;proposed change&lt;/a&gt; to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations to encourage depository institutions to provide services and make loans and investments to support the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 2:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>SUMMARY, COST ESTIMATES POSTED FOR SENATE EXTENDER AMENDMENT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100609</link>
<description>The Senate Finance Committee has released additional documents related to Senate Amendment 4301, a substitute for H.R. 4213, the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010. ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 Jun 2010 9:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>REVISED REVENUE ESTIMATES AVAILABLE FOR EXTENDERS BILL</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100601</link>
<description>Novogradac and Company LLP's Rent and Income Limit Calculator has been updated to include the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) 2010 rent and income limit data. ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 1 May 2010 16:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD RELEASES INCOME LIMITS FOR 2010</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100514</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released income limits for 2010 ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 10:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD TO END HOLD-HARMLESS POLICY FOR SECTION 8 INCOME LIMITS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100512</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will eliminate the hold-harmless policy in estimating Section 8 income limits ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 10:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD TO SURVEY LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT PROPERTY OWNERS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100511</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today invited public comments on a &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/resource_files/hud_data/fedreg_051110.pdf"&gt;proposed "Study of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program After 15 Years."&lt;/a&gt; ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 9:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD SEEKS COMMENTS ON OUTCOME EVALUATION OF DISASTER HOUSING PROGRAM </title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100506</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today invited &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_050610.pdf"&gt;public comments about its Disaster Housing Assistance Program Incremental Rent Transition Study&lt;/a&gt;...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 May 2010 9:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD REVISES COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MONITORING HANDBOOK</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100429</link>
<description>On Tuesday, April 27, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued the sixth revision to &lt;a href="http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/hudclips/handbooks/cpdh/6509.2/index.cfm"&gt;HUD Handbook 6509.2, &lt;em&gt;Community Planning and Development Monitoring&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt; ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 9:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD INVITES PUBLIC INPUT ON HOUSING FINANCE SYSTEM REFORM</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100422</link>
<description>- The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published a &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_042210.pdf"&gt;notice&lt;/a&gt; seeking public input on establishing a more stable and sound housing finance system ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 8:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD BROADENS NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM DEFINITIONS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100402</link>
<description>HUD announced that its definitions of foreclosed and abandoned properties will now include those in mortgage default as well as uninhabitable homes with lingering code violations  ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD REQUESTS COMMENT ON RECOVERY ACT REPORTING</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100326</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in today's Federal Register issued an &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/resource_files/hot_topics/recovery/hud_arra_commentrequest_section1512reporting_032610.pdf"&gt;emergency request for comment&lt;/a&gt; related to its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Section 1512 reporting  ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:45:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD EXTENDS FILING DEADLINE FOR SOME MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100325</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing Programs authorized a &lt;a href="http://www.hud.gov/offices/reac/products/prodmf.cfm"&gt;blanket 30-day filing extension for those owners whose project's fiscal year ends December 31, 2009&lt;/a&gt;  ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD UPDATES LIHTC DATABASE WITH DATA THROUGH 2007</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100323</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last month updated its Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Database. ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>CHAIRMAN FRANK INTRODUCES HOUSING PRESERVATION BILL</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100318</link>
<description>U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., yesterday introduced H.R. 4868 ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:35:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD INVITES COMMENTS ON LIHTC DATABASE</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100224</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today invited comments on a requirement of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008. ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:25:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>FHFA PROPOSES HOUSING GOALS FOR FANNIE, FREDDIE</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100217</link>
<description>The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) sent a proposed rule to the Federal Register establishing new housing goals for government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 9:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>ANNUAL INDEXING OF BASIC MULTIFAMILY HOUSING STATUTORY MORTGAGE LIMITS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100210</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published revised Annual Adjustment Factors (AAFs) for adjustment of Section 8 contract rents and funding renewals for specified programs. ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 9:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>ANNUAL INDEXING OF BASIC MULTIFAMILY HOUSING STATUTORY MORTGAGE LIMITS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100204</link>
<description>In accordance with Section 206A of the National Housing Act, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today adjusted the Basic Statutory Mortgage Limits for Multifamily Housing Programs for calendar year 2010 ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 9:40:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCES HUD FUNDING BY 5 PERCENT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100202</link>
<description>Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco today sent a &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/resource_files/hot_topics/gses/fhfa_conservatorhsip_letter_020210.pdf"&gt;letter&lt;/a&gt; about Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's (GSEs') conservatorship to Reps. Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., of the House Financial Services Committee, and Sens. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 3:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>PROPOSED BUDGET REDUCES HUD FUNDING BY 5 PERCENT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100201</link>
<description>Today President Barack Obama transmitted to Congress his fiscal year (FY) 2011 proposed budget, which includes a request for $41.6 billion for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>DOE ISSUES RULE REGARDING LIHTC, HUD PROPERTIES' ELIGIBILITY FOR WAP</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100125</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a final rule amending the eligibility provisions applicable to multi-unit buildings under the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).  ...</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD ISSUES FHA MULTIFAMILY RENTAL CLOSING DOCUMENTS FOR COMMENT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100121</link>
<description>In today's Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it was issuing for public comment a comprehensive set of revised closing documents for use in Federal Housing Administration (FHA) multifamily rental projects. ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>ADMINISTRATION COMPLETES TRANSACTIONS UNDER HFA INITIATIVE</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2010archive.php#20100113</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of the Treasury, together with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) &lt;a href="http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/20101131429486865.htm"&gt;today announced&lt;/a&gt; the completion of all transactions under the recently-introduced state and local &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/low_income_housing/news/hot_topics/stimulus.php#hfa"&gt;Housing Finance Agency (HFA) Initiative&lt;/a&gt;, a key element of the Obama Administration's Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 1:05:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>PHYSICAL INSPECTION SCORES AVAILABLE FOR HUD-ASSISTED HOUSING</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20091222</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&amp;R) announced today that HUD recently added to the &lt;a href="http://www.huduser.org/portal/datasets/pis.html"&gt;HUD USER web site&lt;/a&gt; the overall scores of the physical inspections that HUD's Real Estate Assessment Center completes of HUD-assisted and subsidized properties each year, including housing owned by public housing authorities and by private housing providers ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HOUSE BILL PROVIDES $1 BILLION FOR NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20091216</link>
<description>House leaders yesterday introduced the &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/legislation/2009/hr_2847_hamnd.pdf"&gt;Jobs for Main Street Act&lt;/a&gt; as an amendment to H.R. 2847 ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 2:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PROPOSES ALLOCATION FORMULA FOR HOUSING TRUST FUND</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20091204</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_120409.pdf"&gt;today proposed a formula for allocating funds from the Housing Trust Fund&lt;/a&gt; established by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA) ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 8:35:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD INVITES COMMENT ON MULTIFAMILY DEFAULT STATUS REPORT</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20091203</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) &lt;a href="http://www.novoco.com/hud/resource_files/fedreg/fedreg_120309.pdf"&gt;today invited public comment&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://www.hudclips.org/forms/HUD-92426"&gt;HUD-92426&lt;/a&gt;, Multifamily Default Status Report ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 9:15:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>BILL WOULD INCENTIVIZE ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20091119</link>
<description>U.S. Representative Mary Jo Kilroy yesterday introduced legislation to create market-based incentives to increase the energy efficiency of federally assisted housing. H.R. 4099, the Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 ...</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 9:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON GSES DUTIES TO SERVE UNDERSERVED MARKETS ENDS SEPT. 18</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20090916</link>
<description>The comment window closes Friday for the public to submit input to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) about government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's duties to serve underserved markets ...</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 9:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD INVITES COMMENTS ON ENDING 'HOLD HARMLESS' POLICY</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20090911</link>
<description>In a request for comments scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on September 14, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) invites comments from the public on whether it should discontinue its policy of maintaining Section 8 income limits ...</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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<title>HUD PUBLISHES PROPOSED 2010 FAIR MARKET RENTS</title>
<link>http://www.novoco.com/hud/news/2009archive.php#20090804</link>
<description>The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published proposed fair market rents (FMRs) for fiscal year 2010 ...</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:00:00 PDT</pubDate>
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