NMA's trainer and consultant, Heather Wiedenfeld is teaming up with HAI Group to bring you our Common Tax Credit Compliance Questions and Answers Webinar to help you prepare for taking NMA’s online Fundamentals of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Management course, offered by our our partners’ online training division.
Topics: LIHTC, Company News
The PIH Alert: a daily summary with the latest news on affordable housing
We know time is valuable, and we will save you tons! NMA’s PIH Alert, one of our most helpful services for the affordable housing industry, allows public housing agencies (PHAs) and housing professionals to stay current with HUD’s new regulations, notices, and guidance—without having to worry about finding it yourself.
Topics: Fair Housing, LIHTC, Industry News, Multifamily, Housing Choice Voucher
Community development and housing news for June 13, 2019
President Trump signs package to deliver disaster relief funds, the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2019 bill is proposed, Cities of Service Awards $150,000 to six cities for New Experience Matters Program, and other stories we're following this week.
Breaking news
President Donald Trump signed a package on June 6 that would deliver $19.1 billion in disaster relief.
The bill includes $600 million in nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico, $3 billion for farmers to help cover crop losses, $1.6 billion to help repair damaged highways, $720 million for the U.S. Forest Service to help cover wildfire suppression efforts, and $120 million to help the National Park Service repair damaged public lands. Read more
Topics: Fair Housing, LIHTC, Persons With Disabilities, Disaster Recovery
Community development and housing news for April 2, 2019
Landmark decision in Connecticut fair housing case, new UPCS requirements for inspecting carbon monoxide detectors, VAWA reauthorization bill, and other stories we're following this week.
Breaking news
In a landmark civil rights decision, the Connecticut federal District Court established for the first time that consumer reporting agencies must comply with the Fair Housing Act when conducting tenant-screening services for landlords.
The decision in Connecticut Fair Housing Center et al. v. CoreLogic Rental Property Solutions, LLC, which the Center filed with the National Housing Law Project after CoreLogic’s tenant screening product, CrimSAFE, disqualified a disabled Latino man with no criminal convictions from moving in with his mother. CrimSAFE provides landlords with an accept or decline decision based on CoreLogic’s assessment of an applicant’s criminal record. The lawsuit alleges CrimSAFE discriminates on the basis of race, national origin, and disability in violation of the Fair Housing Act. Read more
Topics: Fair Housing, Indoor Air Quality, LIHTC, UPCS, VASH, VAWA, Persons With Disabilities, Disaster Recovery, Climate and Disaster Resilience
Signups for Q&A sessions at The Housing Conference are now open!
We’re thrilled to be taking our fifth annual national housing conference to Boston this August. Included with every conference registration is the opportunity to reserve a free, one-hour Q&A session with one of our NMA experts, including Nan herself!
If you’re registered for the conference and want to sign up for a session, click here and reserve your time now. The Q&A sessions are limited to registered attendees and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Topics: Capital Fund, CDBG, Fair Housing, Financial Management, FSS, HQS, Inspections, LIHTC, MTW, NMA Housing Awards, PBRA, PBV, RAD, SEMAP, The Housing Conference, UPCS-V