Materials Posted Recording The Housing Assistance Council, in partnership with Fannie Mae, present data and research on Colonias Investment Areas, with a special focus on the state of Texas. The geographic concept of Colonias Investment Areas was developed to more efficiently target strategies and opportunities for mortgage finance and resource investment in Colonia communities along […]
Materials Posted Recording The Housing Assistance Council, in partnership with Fannie Mae, present data and research on Colonias Investment Areas, with a special focus on the state of Arizona. The geographic concept of Colonias Investment Areas was developed to more efficiently target strategies and opportunities for mortgage finance and resource investment in Colonia communities along […]
Materials Posted Recording The Housing Assistance Council, in partnership with Fannie Mae, present data and research on Colonias Investment Areas, with a special focus on the state of New Mexico. The geographic concept of Colonias Investment Areas was developed to more efficiently target strategies and opportunities for mortgage finance and resource investment in Colonia communities […]
Materials Posted PowerPoint Presentation | Webinar Recording Join the National Endowment for the Arts, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP, and the Housing Assistance Council as we answer your questions and offer guidance on the Request for Applications for the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design. This webinar will inform potential applicants about the details of our program—both the local Workshops […]
Materials Posted Power Point Presentation | Webinar Recording The Trump Administration’s budget for fiscal year 2020 proposes to eliminate many housing programs. Caps on federal spending are due to come back into force for FY20. The House and Senate are now controlled by different parties. What can we anticipate as the funding process moves forward? […]
Materials Posted PowerPoint Presentation | Webinar Recording | HAC Reports on CRA in Rural America The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently issued a call for input on its regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act, which requires banks to help meet the credit needs of the communities they serve. OCC’s notice says […]
Materials Posted PowerPoint Presentation | Webinar Recording Permanent supportive housing has been identified in both the Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness and the Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative as a critical resource for ending homelessness. Within VA, HUD-VASH is the primary service that provides permanent supportive housing. Through collaboration with HUD, HUD-VASH provides […]
Materials Posted PowerPoint Presentation | Recording The purpose of the Section 538 Guaranteed Loan Program is to increase the supply of affordable rural rental housing, it differs in some important ways from USDA’s Section 515. Section 538 focuses on partnerships between USDA and qualified lenders, whereas Section 515 loans are directly funded from USDA to […]
Materials Posted The purpose of the Section 538 Guaranteed Loan Program is to increase the supply of affordable rural rental housing, it differs in some important ways from USDA’s Section 515. Section 538 focuses on partnerships between USDA and qualified lenders, whereas Section 515 loans are directly funded from USDA to nonprofit or for-profit rural […]
Materials Posted Power Point Presentation | Recording This webinar will present the data findings from HAC’s most recent publication, Exploring the Challenges and Opportunities for Mortgage Finance in Indian Country. In addition to findings, the discussion will touch on the historic and social factors that have helped create the constrained mortgage lending environment on reservation […]
Materials Posted Power Point Presentation | Recording Join the Housing Assistance Council on February 24, 2018 for the third of three webinars focused on financing farm labor housing. Part 1 | Part 2
Materials Posted Power Point Presentation | Webinar Recording | USDA Budget Justification | HAC News The Trump Administration's budget for fiscal year 2019 was released on February 12. The Administration's infrastructure proposal was issued the same day. Just a few days earlier, on February 9, Congress agreed to raise spending caps for FY18 and FY19. It hopes to […]