Member Conference Calls – Updates on Issues Surrounding COVID-19 and Industry Best Practices

CARH’S BROADCAST E-MAIL – Member Update As the Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the country, CARH understands the need to ensure the rural rental housing communities we work to support are not overlooked. CARH members are on the frontline, working with residents who may have lost income or have contracted the virus…

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Rural Development Multifamily CARES Act Forbearance Request Guidance

Nancie-Ann Bodell, Deputy Administrator, Rural Housing Service, sent out the following information regarding CARES Act Forbearance Request Guidance: Dear Multifamily Housing Partners, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (Pub. L. 116-136) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. Sections 4023 and 4024 of the CARES Act apply to the Multifamily Direct…

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Ginnie Mae Addresses Servicer Liquidity Issues

March 28, 2020 Nixon Peabody, CARH’s General Counsel,  and CARH have been working on Section 515/538 subordination agreement “language.” Below is an update: The CARES Act signed by President Trump Friday provides a residential mortgage forbearance for federally backed loans (section 4023) and a temporary eviction filing moratorium for rent nonpayment (section 4024).  That has…

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$2 Trillion Stimulus Bill Passes Senate; Passage in House Expected Today

CARH Broadcast Email—Legislative Update Early on Thursday, March 26, the Senate, by a vote of 96-0, passed H.R. 748, the CARES Act, which totals $2 trillion and provides significant expansions in small business lending, unemployment insurance, tax relief to individuals and employers, healthcare measures, $500 billion in economic stabilization funds, $274 billion in emergency appropriations,…

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March 26 Conference Call – HUD Multifamily Asset Management’s COVID-19 Response

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing sent out the following announcement: Dear Multifamily Asset Management Stakeholders: Please join Deputy Assistant Secretary Lamar Seats for a call on Thursday March 26, from 2:30-3:30 p.m., ET to address Multifamily Asset Management’s COVID-19 response. We have updated the Q&A for COVID-19 with new guidance. Please visit our multifamily website…

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