by iwd Tina | Jun 20, 2011 | Housing News
On January 28, 2009, the Patrick Administration notified the Legislature of an anticipated budget deficit in line item 4403-2120, the Emergency Assistance (EA) Family Shelter and Services account. As a result, the administration has proposed eight changes to the Emergency Assistance Family Shelter & Services program’s eligibility and termination rules. The proposed changes will reduce eligibility and expand the grounds for shelter termination.
Please click here to read about the changes in further detail.
by iwd Tina | Jun 20, 2011 | Housing News
Massachusetts is facing a housing crisis similar to the rest of the country. Affordable housing developers that have already received tax credit allocations have run into great difficulties in securing necessary investors because of the economic downturn. There is now strong national consensus that the pending American Recovery and Reinvestment Act can go a long way towards fixing this short-term problem by adopting four temporary measures.
Please click here to read the national sign-on letter for the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program signed by CHAPA and other national housing organizations.
by iwd Tina | Jun 20, 2011 | Housing News
WASHINGTON, DC – On April 10, 2009 President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Larry EchoHawk, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Sandra Henriquez, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Thomas McClellan, Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; John Porcari, Deputy Secretary, Department of Transportation.
Please click here for the full press release and Sandra’s profile.
by iwd Tina | Jun 20, 2011 | Housing News
Please click here to read CHAPA’s 5-page summary of Housing Provisions of the Final Stimulus Bill.
by iwd Tina | Jun 20, 2011 | Housing News
BOSTON – At a State House press event today, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) released a briefing paper entitled, The Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, Maintaining the State’s Primary Homelessness Prevention Tool. The report documents the program as a cost-effective tool to maintain housing for extremely low income families and individuals, and highlights the potential increase in homelessness and the subsequent increased costs to the Commonwealth if the program is cut. The briefing paper comes as lawmakers are deciding the fate of a program that helps the very populations identified as most at risk by the report.
Please click here to view the Press Release announcing the Report.
The full report can be viewed HERE.
