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As part of our consulting services for our nonprofit, government and business clients, we share research, articles and resources about the challenges and trends in affordable housing and community services today. It is our hope that our take on these issues will give you new ideas and inspire you to continue making a difference in your community.
HUD URGES LOCALITIES TO PREVENT EVICTIONS BY USING GRANT FUNDS (HUD CARES Act Funds)
Rental assistance to prevent evictions is an allowable use of the $7 billion in HUD CARES Act funds WASHINGTON – Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order “Fighting the Spread of COVID-19 by Providing Assistance to Renters and Homeowners”, the U.S. Department...
What Multifamily Owners Need to Know About Home Modification for Older Adults from HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs
Helping Older Adults Age Safely in Place: What Multifamily Owners Need to Know about Home Modification is a new resource that provides a list of modification ideas—from simply installing nightlights to physical alterations such as widening doorways and leveling...
COVID-19 Tips and Tools for Affordable Housing and Community Development Industry
Are you looking for a wide variety of useful community development topics related to the Coronavirus? Capacity Building tips and tools to help organizations cope with the changing educational demands due to the health crisis. Resources and guides from the Community...
Recreation Economy Resource Guide-USDA
USDA released a Recreation Economy Resource Guide, which includes information about USDA programs that can be used to build or strengthen recreational tourism-based economies. The guide also includes examples from around the country. For a copy, click here.
HUD Publishes CDBG-DR COVID-19 Notice of Waivers, Alternative Requirements and Extensions for 2015-2019 Disasters
This notice provides additional flexibility to Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grantees as they continue their disaster recovery efforts while also responding to the Coronavirus pandemic. This notice provides: An automatic one-year...