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Looking back: Our 2019 NMA Resident Service Award for a small agency went to New Albany Housing Authority. NAHA’s Family Self-Sufficiency initiative helped individuals find employment. Their weekly Job Club offered support and coaching, as well as tools for job searching, resume creation, and interview practice. The housing authority also provided rides to and from job interviews and hosted monthly Lunches with Bosses at which local employers would speak, collect applications, and conduct initial interviews. Nominations for the 2021 NMA Housing Awards ends in just two weeks! Apply at https://hubs.la/H0Ql7d50.

NMA's training partner HAI Group shares commitment to philanthropy https://hubs.la/H0Qkm8N0

On June 10, HUD confirmed Adrianne Todman as the Deputy Secretary. Some interesting facts about Deputy Secretary Todman: She spent a decade at NAHRO ending as their CEO, she served as the executive director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, and served in several career positions at HUD. Todman is also a native of the U.S. Virgin Islands and graduate of Smith College.

A mistake in Multifamily Housing Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) is worth potentially millions of lost dollars. So let’s help you avoid costly errors. Here are the three most common mistakes in EIV you should be aware of. https://hubs.la/H0Q2QsL0

Looking back at past NMA Development Award winners: Our 2018 small agency awardee, HACN, developed a new affordable housing project just for low- and very low-income seniors age 55+. The first of its kind in Napa, Valley View includes apartments and cottages designed to blend in with the neighborhood, along with free internet, weekly social events, a clubhouse, a bocce ball court, and a community garden.

HUD PIH updates CDC Eviction Moratorium FAQs, CDBG-CV Toolkit is now available, State CDBG-CV Implementation Quick Guide is now available, and more. https://hubs.la/H0PKHcF0

HUD awards nearly $2 billion in CARES Act funding and announces a new EnVision Center, Tulsa Housing Authority establishes an Emergency Rental Assistance Program, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0x3r7W0

Many states and municipalities are choosing to allocate some of their Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to provide emergency rental assistance payments (ERAP) to tenants who have been unable to pay their rent due to income loss from COVID-19. https://hubs.ly/H0wxsDW0

HUD reiterates allowable uses of CARES Act funds, Dover Housing Authority creates free Wi-Fi access program for students, HUD awards San Diego County tribes $3.5 million for coronavirus recovery efforts, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0wd22S0

HUD approved new uses and provided guidance and flexibility for coronavirus relief funds, Fair Market Rents (FMRs) for the Housing Choice Voucher were published, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0vhVHh0

HUD awards $472 million in CARES Act, Los Angeles County plans to provide $100 million in rent relief, Shreveport and Sacramento get HUD EnVision Centers, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0tJ5dN0

HUD announces Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration and commemorates the first anniversary of the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative. NYCHA program helps woman launch her own business. Affordable housing complexes coming to ID and NYC, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0tdpWs0

Calculating a family’s rent can be tricky when a family receives cash contributions and other gifts or when they receive income sporadically or from different sources. Today our NMA expert, Reneé McTyeire, is here to talk about calculating income when families receive cash contributions or gifts. https://hubs.ly/H0t0P0R0

Appropriations Committee approves the 2021 fiscal year THUD funding bill, Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit announced on July 8, Stanislaus Regional Housing Authority to renovate a Modesto hotel into apartments, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0sKF-v0

Florida will give $120 million to families in affordable housing, Portland opened a 203-unit affordable community, Santa Barbara's Housing Authority is working on a 29-unit housing project, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0s9NHW0

2019 Model policy revisions now available online https://hubs.ly/H0s6MQr0

HUD announces grants for housing counseling and Foster Youth to Independence Initiative. Protecting young people from homelessness, strategies for increasing affordable housing amid COVID-19, and more. https://hubs.ly/H0rR6W60

Community development and housing news: June 8, 2020 - HUD Secretary Ben Carson announced nearly $77 million in a fourth wave of CARES Act funding. Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Arizona all received funds. Ted Houghton shares why it's a good time for city governments to invest in housing. https://hubs.ly/H0rdLks0

On May 26, 2020 HUD released the long awaited notice H 20-4 to Multifamily regarding electronic signatures, transmission and storage. Join NMA to talk about this new guidance and how it also changes some of the previous published guidance both pre and post COVID-19 and how this effects property managers and owners in the future. https://hubs.ly/H0r9wPH0