CHAPA Announces Affordable Housing Outreach Initiative, Second Round – March 5, 2009
Click here to download the description and initial response form. (Word document)
Treasury Department Releases Details on Public Private Partnership Investment Program – March 23, 2009
March 23, 2009 – U.S. Department of the Treasury – Over the past six weeks, the Treasury Department has implemented a series of initiatives as part of its Financial Stability Plan that – alongside the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act – lay the foundations for economic recovery.
Please click here to read the details of the Treasury Department’s initiatives.
Special Report: Wall Street in Crisis (knowledgeplex) – September 25, 2008
In this Special Report, knowledgeplex will provide ongoing coverage of the financial crisis and its effect on our economy and our communities.
Read the special report here.
National Low Income Housing Coalition Releases 2009 Out of Reach Report – April 14, 2009
Despite the emphasis on homeownership and the marginalization of renters, renter households still make up fully one-third of the households in the United States — more than 36 million households. Out of Reach is a side-by-side comparison of wages and rents in every county, Metropolitan Area (MSAs/HMFAs), combined nonmetropolitan area and state in the United States. For each jurisdiction, the report calculates the amount of money a household must earn in order to afford a rental unit at a range of sizes (0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms) at the area’s Fair Market Rent (FMR), based on the generally accepted affordability standard of paying no more than 30% of income for housing costs.
Please click here to view NLIHC’s 2009 Out of Reach Report.
Please click here to view Massachusetts-specific data.
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 – September 29, 2008
A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, and for other purposes.
A summary of the bill can be viewed here.
Please click here to view the full text of the bill.