National Conference on Affordable Housing in High Cost Areas

September 11, 2012/in Event Updates

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National Conference on Affordable Housing in High Cost Areas

Start Date: September 11, 2012
End Date: September 12, 2012
Location: Honolulu, HI
Information: https://www.rcac.org/events.aspx?813

In spite of the decline in housing prices in many areas of the country, affordable housing options remain out of reach for many working families – especially in high cost areas. Whether you represent a bustling urban center, resort town, tropical paradise, or a small town experiencing growing pains, the obstacles to creating affordable housing are often very similar.

Come join us in Honolulu at the Ala Moana Hotel, as stakeholders and interested parties discuss and develop real strategies to overcome barriers to affordable housing in high cost areas. The conference features a wide variety of sessions, speakers and networking opportunities to help you come away with new tools, innovative solutions and resources to meet housing needs in your community.

More details are available on the conference webpage. Click here to read more.

Affordable Housing for Rural Veterans

September 4, 2012/in Affordable Housing for Rural Veterans

Rural Veterans and Local Nonprofits Receive Housing Support

Funded by The Home Depot Foundation

Washington, D.C., September 21, 2018 – Veterans and their families in eleven rural communities will have better lives, thanks to The Home Depot Foundation and the Housing Assistance Council. The Foundation is awarding grants totaling $306,500 to eleven local nonprofit housing associations around the country to build or preserve housing for veterans in rural America.

The funds are part of The Home Depot Foundation’s Veteran Housing Grants Program, which wascreated to support the development and repair of housing for veterans. Too many American veterans and their families face major housing challenges, aggravated by issues like unemployment, age and service-related disabilities. The Home Depot Foundation is dedicated to giving back to those who have already given so much for our country.

Veterans Data Central

A Resource for Informing Strategies to Help Veterans

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC), in partnership with The Home Depot Foundation, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has created the Affordable Housing for Rural Veterans (AHRV) initiative to provide rural organizations with the technical assistance, training, information, and financial resources they need to improve their ability to serve veterans.

Veterans of the United States military services put their lives in danger to protect their country and its citizens. However, when they return home they are not always able to find housing and access to services in their communities.

Past Trainings

December 5, 2017: Affordable Housing Solutions for Rural Veterans: A Symposium – Recording

October 20, 2017: Veterans Aging Summit – Website

August 10, 2016: Overview on VA REO Property Preservation and Maintenance and Access Opportunities for Nonprofits – Materials: Presentation | Recording | Handbook

July 13, 2016: VA Specially Adapted Housing Grant Program – Materials: Presentation | Recording | Application

June 8, 2016: VA Housing Resources for Heroes: An In-depth Overview of the VA Home Loan Guaranty Benefit – Materials

May 18, 2016: Serving Our Aging Veterans: A Symposium – Materials

May 20, 2015: Serving Veterans in Rural America: A Symposium – Materials

May 6, 2015: Access to Health and Homeless Services for Rural Veterans – Materials

August 20, 2014: Building a Community for Veterans: Patriot Place, Tennessee – Materials

July 23, 2014: Canal Street Housing: Housing for Homeless Veterans – Materials

June 25, 2014: From Service to Shelter, Housing for Veterans in Rural America – Materials

April 22-23, 2014: Housing Seniors and Veterans in Rural America: Preservation, Development, & Services

April 9, 2014: Serving Veterans in Rural America – A Symposium – Summary and Materials

August 28-29, 2013: Housing Seniors and Veterans in Rural America: Preservation, Development and Services – Materials

Link to more Information and Resources

Link to Information about Initiative Grantees

State of the Nation's Housing 2012

June 15, 2012/in Announcements

THE STATE OF THE NATION’S HOUSING

The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its annual State of the Nation’s Housing report for 2012 on June 14^th. This year’s report presents signs of a recovery in the nation’s housing markets. However, the Joint Center cautions that this progress is measured and not evenly experienced across all markets and populations. Additionally, the study notes that housing affordability problems are at an all-time high, and that housing assistance for low-income families has not kept pace with the demand for affordable housing. The State of the Nation’s Housing report can be accessed from the Joint Center for Housing Studies website at, https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/research/publications/state-nation%E2%80%99s-housing-2012

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) is a proud sponsor of the State of Nation’s Housing report.

USDA Multi-Family Fair Housing Occupancy Report FY 2011

June 14, 2012/in Multi-Family Fair Housing Occupancy Reports

USDA’s annual occupancy report for Section 515 and 514/516 rentals states that from April 2010 to May 2011 the total number of Section 515 properties dropped by 270 (about 3,600 apartments) and the number of farmworker properties increased by six.

What Does an Affordable Rural Rental Housing Strategy Look Like?

May 22, 2012/in Blog Posts

What Does an Affordable Rural Rental Housing Strategy Look Like?

By Leslie Strauss
May 22, 2012

Affordable housing advocates were happy recently to see the Senate Appropriations Committee tell the U.S. Department of Agriculture to get its act together on rental housing. USDA’s FY12 budget proposed to eliminate funding for the department’s flagship Section 515 rental housing loan program and focus its efforts on the Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Program known as MPR. Then the FY13 budget took the opposite approach, proposing to focus on Section 515 and eliminate funding for MPR. In S.Rpt. 112-163 the frustrated Senate committee “directs the Secretary, conclusively, to determine and articulate an effective long-term strategy to address rural rental housing needs.”

Read the full blog post…

USDA Multi-Family Fair Housing Occupancy Report FY 2010

June 16, 2011/in Multi-Family Fair Housing Occupancy Reports

According to USDA’s annual occupancy report for tenants in its portfolio properties, from 2009 to 2010 the average incomes of Section 515 and 514/516 tenants rose about 2%. The average is $11,364 for all tenants and $9,388 for tenants with Section 521 Rental Assistance.

Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202)

June 2, 2009/in Rural Resource Guides

HUD’s Supportive Housing for the Elderly program was authorized by Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959, as amended by Section 801 of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990 (NAHA). The program is often referred to as Section 202. Prior to the 1990 legislation, Section 202 funding was available to developers of housing for both elderly and disabled low-income households. Low-income disabled households are now served through the Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (Section 811) program.

Download the complete resource guide

About HAC

April 28, 2009/in Technical Assistance Persistent Poverty

What is HAC?

The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) has been helping local organizations build affordable homes in rural America since 1971. HAC assists in the development of both single- and multi-family homes and promotes homeownership for working low-income rural families through a self-help, “sweat equity” construction method by emphasizing local solutions, empowerment of people in poverty, reduced dependence, and self-help strategies. HAC offers services to public, nonprofit, and private organizations throughout the rural United States and maintains a special focus on high-need groups and regions, such as: Indian country, the Mississippi Delta, farmworkers, the Southwest border colonias, and Appalachia.

HAC is a nonprofit corporation located in Washington, DC with regional offices in the southeast, midwest, and southwest.

HAC’s Mission

The mission of the Housing Assistance Council is to improve housing conditions for the rural poor, with an emphasis on the poorest of the poor in the most rural places.

2018 Annual Report

HAC is pleased to present the 2018 Annual Report, which looks back at our accomplishments and those of our partner organizations over the last year.

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National Conference on Affordable Housing in High Cost Areas

National Conference on Affordable Housing in High Cost Areas

Affordable Housing for Rural Veterans

Rural Veterans and Local Nonprofits Receive Housing Support

Funded by The Home Depot Foundation

Veterans Data Central

Past Trainings

Link to more Information and Resources

Link to Information about Initiative Grantees

State of the Nation's Housing 2012

THE STATE OF THE NATION’S HOUSING

USDA Multi-Family Fair Housing Occupancy Report FY 2011

What Does an Affordable Rural Rental Housing Strategy Look Like?

What Does an Affordable Rural Rental Housing Strategy Look Like?

USDA Multi-Family Fair Housing Occupancy Report FY 2010

Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202)

About HAC

What is HAC?

HAC’s Mission

2018 Annual Report

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