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Housing News
Please click here to view the budget analysis.
Click here for the New England Housing Network's Federal Budget and Legislative Priorities
Please click here for the New England Housing Network's paper on Affordable Housing in Rural New England: HUD Programs and the FY12 Budget
Click here for the Network's paper on Affordable Housing in Rural New England: Rural Development Programs and the FY12 Budget
State Updates
Senate Committee on Ways and Means Releases FY’12 Budget Proposal
On Wednesday, May 18th, the Senate Committee on Ways and Means released its FY 2012 Budget Proposal. Like the Governor’s budget and the House budget, the Senate Ways and Means budget closes a gap of over $1.8 billion created by a revenue shortfall from the slow economy, the repeal of the sales tax on alcohol, and the loss of ARRA stimulus funds.
On May 15th, 2011, The Washington Post published an article outlining perceived shortcomings of HUD's HOME program.
Please click here to read HUD's response to this article.
Please click here to access materials for the May 17th Homeownership Conference at Holy Cross.
Please click here to download the program guidelines.
Media Contact: Amy Clark, National Low Income Housing Coalition, 202-662-1530 x227, amy@nlihc.org.
Last week, the Massachusetts House of Representatives completed debate on its version of the FY’12 budget. The House did not add any funding to affordable housing programs through the amendment process choosing to level-fund housing programs at FY’11 levels.
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