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Friday news roundup 10/3/14

Even if your agency is not participating in the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, you may be interested in the inaugural issue of the monthly “RAD Newsletter” launched today. The two-page issue includes recent RAD news, highlights key program statistics, and lists recently closed projects. You’ll find a link to the newsletter on the RAD news page.

In other RAD news, last week HUD posted a “case studies” document spotlighting four agencies participating in the demonstration program. The eight-page document focuses on the differing issues faced by the participating housing authorities, including:

  • Combining RAD and Moving to Work (Cambridge, MA)
  • A small PHA leveraging private financing (Ilion, NY)
  • Financing substantial rehabilitation (Lexington, NC)
  • Effective resident engagement (Broward County, FL)

Notable articles this week in the affordable housing blogosphere:

NCSHA: Supreme Court agrees to hear Texas disparate impact fair housing case regarding tax credits

New Yorker: Over time, Housing First has saved the government money

Next City: Making the renters vs. homeowners competition a thing of the past