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• Rhode Island Alliance for Healthy Housing: NELCC Conference

  New England Lead Conference Wednesday, November 1, 2017 Nashua Courtyard Marriott and Event Center 2200 Southwood Drive, Nashua, NH

• NLIHC: Advocates and Congressional Champions Secure Increased Affordable Housing Funding for 2018

  The final fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill – released yesterday, March 21, by Congressional leaders – includes a significant increase in funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD and USDA, along with an increase in Low Income Housing Tax Credits and an important reform to the tax program.

• RIHousing: Rental Assistance Support Services RFP

  Rental Assistance Support Services RFP

• Enterprise: GAO Releases Report on Housing Credit Development Costs

  Yesterday the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) development costs, which analyzes total development costs in Housing Credit properties across 12 allocating agencies in 10 states between 2011 and 2015. This report is the last in a series of studies GAO has conducted on the Housing Credit program in recent years, completed at the request of Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA).

• PBN: The state needs a stronger affordable-housing law, says R.I. Housing. Executive Director Barbara Fields isn’t waiting for it to be changed.

  R.I. Housing and Mortgage Finance Corp. is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year in a position of financial strength, says Executive Director Barbara Fields. It has created programs to assist first-time homeowners, expanded its servicing of mortgages to include those generated by MaineHousing and emerged from the Great Recession with a surplus of financial assets.

• ProJo: Report: R.I. needs to invest in affordable housing

  Report: R.I. needs to invest in affordable housing