CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – Member Update September 16, 2025 One of the many benefits of national CARH membership is the opportunity for companies to participate in CARH’s Preferred Buyers program. We have been able to combine the size and strength of our membership to negotiate national supplier agreements at preferred pricing with large national vendors:…
UPDATE: On September 19, 2025, CARH sent a letter to the Rural Housing Service expressing our concerns and objections to the decision to not increase management fees for Fiscal Year 2026. BROADCAST EMAIL – Regulatory Update September 9, 2025 Today, Rural Development (RD) sent out an Announcement entitled, “2026 Proposed Budget Requirements,” that included management…
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – CARH News September 4, 2025 The August edition of CARH News, CARH’s bimonthly digital newsletter, is now available online on CARH’s website, www.carh.org, or by clicking here. In this issue, you will find: Fiscal Year 2026 Funding for USDA Rural Development and HUD Minimum is the Enemy of Compliance Counsel’s Corner:…
September 3, 2025 — The Washington Examiner Bessent predicts ‘big economic pickup in 2026’ and possible national housing emergency declaration this fall
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – Regulatory Alert August 14, 2025 1) Timeframes for Closing Calendar Year-End 2025 Transactions Today, RD’s Office of Multifamily Housing issued an Announcement entitled, Timeframes for Closing Calendar Year-End 2025 Transactions. The announcement provides the Production and Preservation Division’s 2025 calendar year-end closing schedule. As stated in the announcement, owners and applicants…
On August 14, 2025, HUD issued a bulletin regarding the 2026 Inflationary Adjustments and Passbook Rate: Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Offices of Multifamily Housing Programs, Public and Indian Housing, and Community Planning and Development, published the 2026 Annual Inflationary Adjustments and Passbook Rate effective January 1, 2026. HUD…
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – Regulatory Alert and Legislative Update August 6, 2025 Regulatory Alert On August 5, FHFA issued a Press Release entitled, Consistent with the One Big Beautiful Bill, U.S. Federal Housing Expands America’s Affordable Housing Supply in Rural and Underserved Communities. According to the press release, with the passage of One Big Beautiful…
CARH’S BROADCAST EMAIL – Legislative Update July 31, 2025 Background Both the House of Representatives and the Senate are continuing to advance their various appropriations bills that will fund the federal government in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, which begins on October 1, 2025. Funding for the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development (RD)…
CARH’S BROADCAST EMAIL – Legislative Update July 30, 2025 On July 29, 2025, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, by a unanimous vote of 24-0, passed legislation titled the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream to Housing Act (hereafter referred to as its short title, the “ROAD to Housing Act”). This was a…
CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – CARH News July 24, 2025 The June/July edition of CARH News, CARH’s bimonthly digital newsletter, is now available online on CARH’s website, www.carh.org, or by clicking here. In this issue, you will find: CARH Annual Meeting & Legislative Conference Offers the Latest News on Rural Issues Top 20 of 2025 Survey…