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
April 3, 2026 The Trump Administration released it’s Fiscal Year 2027 Proposed Budget. Click here to review the budget and all supporting documentation. CARH will review the budget and send a Broadcast Email to members the week of April 6.
On March 26, 2026, HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following information: REAC-TAC System Issue Update HUD Multifamily recognizes that the Real Estate Assessment Center Technical Assistance Center (REAC-TAC) has experienced limited accessibility in recent weeks. To support owners and auditors working to reset passwords and file Annual Financial Statements due March 31…
CARH’S BROADCAST EMAIL – MEMBER UPDATE March 24, 2026 On February 10th, CARH announced the survey was open for CARH’s Top 20 for 2026. This is the 12th year that CARH has conducted a survey which, when completed and analyzed, will rank the top 20 rural housing developers, managers, and owners in the industry, in…
We are pleased to announce the release of the revised Multifamily Rental Project Closing Forms (OMB Control No. 2502-0598) set to expire on 12/31/2027, for applicable transactions as follows: Effective Date The revised Closing Forms will be required for transactions with firm commitments issued on or after April 1, 2026. Transition Period To support a…