BROADCAST E-MAIL – Annual Meeting May 13, 2026 1) Board of Directors Questionnaire for Candidates Due June 5th – Two Open Positions Serving on the CARH Board of Directors is an excellent opportunity to actively support your organization and to help develop policies and initiatives that will positively impact on the affordable rural housing industry.…
On May 4, 2026, HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following information: The Office of Multifamily Housing Programs has issued a Mortgagee Letter “Updates to Multiple Environmental Requirements for the Multifamily Accelerated Processing Guide (“MAP Guide”), which provides changes to certain non-regulatory environmental requirements in the 2020 Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) Guide. These…
On April 20, 2026, the Rural Housing Services’ Final Rule entitled, Changes Related to Insurance Requirements in Multi-Family Housing (MFH) Direct Loan and Grant Programs, was published in the Federal Register.
HUD’s Multifamily Housing, Office of Recapitalization, sent out the following information via email on April 16, 2026: In this issue… A Photoessay from Nashville, Tennessee New Technical Assistance Available New Resources Available Peer Learning Sessions on RAD/Section 18 Blends Mark Your Calendars for Upcoming RAD Office Hours A Photoessay from Nashville, Tennessee Across…
CARH BROADCAST E-MAIL – Annual Meeting Update April 16, 2026 Dear Friends and Colleagues, We are excited to announce that the 2026 Council for Affordable Rural Housing (CARH) Annual Meeting & Legislative Conference will be held on June 22-24 at The Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia, conveniently located across the Potomac River from Washington,…
On April 14, 2026, CARH, along with over 70 other stakeholders, sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the House Financial Services Committee. The letter emphasize the need to include language from the RHS Reform Act in any final legislation on housing…
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – Legislative Alert April 14, 2026 On Friday, April 3, 2026, President Trump’s Administration released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027. The proposed budget proposal for FY 2027 asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending – a 42% increase – while cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion, or 10%…
On April 16, 2026, HUD published a Notice in the Federal Register entitled, National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate: Implementation Guidance and Inspection Standards for the HOME Investment Partnerships and Housing Trust Fund Programs.
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – Regulatory Alert April 10, 2026 Today, Rural Development issued an announcement, Extension of the Simple Transfer Pilot Program. The announcement states in full: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service (RHS) is delivering on the Trump Administration’s mandate to reduce regulatory burden by publishing an extension of the Section 515 Rural…
On April 6, 2026, the Department of Treasury/Internal Revenue Service issued the Press Release linked below, that includes the Revenue Procedure 2016-12 mentioned in the release. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/treasury-irs-provide-guidance-to-states-for-nominating-census-tracts-as-qualified-opportunity-zones-under-the-one-big-beautiful-bill