NAHRO Policy Team Blog

The Department has obligated additional funding for Operating Fund subsidies for the month of April 2011.  HUD's explanation can be found here.  This funding is expected to be available in eLOCCS before April 1, 2011.

NAHRO staff, along with our industry partners, met yesterday with PIH Assistant Secretary Sandra Henriquez and nearly every member of PIH's senior leadership team to discuss issues related to the Department's proposal to imposed a $1 billion offset against public housing operating reserves for 2012.  The bulk of the meeting was spent discussing the Assistant Secretary's assertion, communicated through a February 22 letter to all PHA executive directors, that "Operating Reserve balances may only be used for Operating Fund

Passing along information regarding a few upcoming CPD web seminars aimed at CDBG grantees:

Note: See update at the bottom of this post.

Consider this a quick follow-up to last Thursday's Direct News item summarizing the administration's proposal to offset PHAs' operating reserves for 2012. 

NAHRO's comprehensive rundown of the administration's proposal to impose a $1 billion offset against PHAs' operating reserves for 2012 is now available online.  A few highlights, including our request for assistance: 

NAHRO's FY 2012 funding recommendations are now online at at www.nahro.org/NAHROFY2012.  You may also directly access the PDF version of the chart by clicking here. 

NAHRO members are encouraged to review our Direct News item explaining each recommendation in detail. 

It's Day 5 of our week-long, wall-to-wall coverage of the President's FY 2012 budget.  Late yesterday we distributed our detailed summary of the proposal's treatment of community development and affordable housing programs, including CDBG, HOME, Homeless Assistance Grants, and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.  Our summaries covering public housing and S

We have now posted our comprehensive overview of the FY 2012 budget proposal's treatment of Section 8 programs, including the Housing Choice Voucher program and Project-based Rental Assistance.  Our overview also looks at how Section 8 programs fare under H.R. 1, the Republican-crafted long-term Continuing Resolution for FY 2011 that is still under consideration on the House floor. 

We have now posted our comprehensive overview of the FY 2012 budget proposal's treatment of public housing programs, including the Operating Fund, Capital Fund, and HOPE VI.  The summary also examines the administration's proposals to offset $1 billion in Operating Fund reserves (more on that below) and recast the Transforming Rental Assistance initiative as a demonstration. 

NAHRO's preliminary overview of the President's FY 2012 budget is now online.

Later today we'll be issuing a comprehensive summary of the budget's treatment of public housing programs.  On Wednesday we'll do the same for Section 8, and on Thursday we'll cover community development and affordable housing programs, including some proposed improvements to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program.