Small Business Administration Notice: COVID EIDL Deadline Approaching December 31, 2021

Important reminder! The deadline to apply for the COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) is Friday, December 31. See below for further details. EIDL loan and Targeted Advance applications will be accepted until December 31. SBA will continue processing applications after the deadline, including reconsiderations. We are unable to accept new applications after the deadline. Supplemental Targeted…

HUD: COVID-19 Test Kits Are Available at Federally Qualified Community Health Centers

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following information: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services/Health Resources & Services Administration is making at-home COVID-19 test kits available to their federally qualified community health centers (FQHC). FQHCs/community health centers will be able to request supplies on a regular basis to deliver at-home COVID-19 tests…

ACTION Alert: Historic Investment Included in Senate Finance Committee Build Back Better Legislative Text

On December 13, the ACTION Campaign, which CARH is a steering committee member, issued the following ACTION Alert: On Saturday, December 11, the Senate Finance Committee released bill text, updating the tax section of the Build Back Better Act that passed the House in November. The new Senate text largely mirrors the House version, with historic investments in the Housing…

CARH Scholarship Foundation Accepting Applications for 2022 Scholarships!

Dear CARH Members: The Scholarship Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2022 scholarships – the James L. Poehlman, Gordon L. Blackwell, Jack Godin, Jr., CRHD Founders, Scholarship Foundation, and CARH Scholarships! The Scholarship Foundation is providing these six scholarships to deserving residents of CARH-member affordable rural housing properties. Each scholarship will be $1,500 per…

Emergency Rental Assistance Program Surpasses 2.5 Million Payments to Renters and Landlords in October

The Department of Treasury released a Press Release on November 29 with October Emergency Rental Assistance data. According to Treasury, assistance was provided to more than 521,000 renters and landlords, bringing the total number to more than 2.5 million payments and $2.8 billion in funds paid through ERA programs. Treasury said that the new data…