TDHCA September Meeting Highlights
The TDHCA Board convened their monthly board meeting on September 3, 2020. This meeting was held in a virtual format as authorized by Executive Order of the Governor. Here is a summary of the board actions.
HUD to resume physical inspections
The U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on August 7th that the Department would resume Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) inspections of HUD multifamily and public housing properties and units. The Department had halted inspection in...
HUD publishes new final rule to replace Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule
HUD published Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice, which will replace the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule and the 1994 Analysis and impediments (AI) requirements. The new rule states that a HUD grantee’s AFFH certification “will be...
Senate Republicans unveil HEALS Act as answer to COVID19 relief ahead of Trump administration’s executive orders
Senate Republicans unveiled the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools (HEALS) act on July 27. The $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill would reduce unemployment insurance to $200 a week from $600 a week established in the cares act. The bill...
TDHCA June 2020 Meeting Highlights
The TDHCA Board convened their monthly board meeting on June 25, 2020. This meeting was held in a virtual format as authorized by Executive Order of the Governor. Here is a summary of the board actions: Under Item 1g, the Board approved the 2021 Low Income Home...
House Passes Resolution to Reverse OCC’s Final CRA Rule
On June 29, the House of Representatives passed H.JRes.90, a Congressional Review Act resolution to reverse the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) final rule on the Community Reinvestment Act.