Bipartisan Policy Center to Launch Housing Commission

Washington, D.C. – The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) launched a bipartisan Housing Commission yesterday in Washington, D.C. After providing an overview of the Commission, former Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Henry Cisneros and Mel Martinez, also a former U.S. Senator, former Senator Kit Bond, and former Senator and BPC Founder George Mitchell, participated in a panel discussion with former U.S. Representative Rick Lazio and take questions from the audience.

The Commission will develop consensus recommendations on the most effective way to meet the future housing needs of an increasingly diverse American society. BPC’s Housing Commission will include some of the nation’s leading housing experts and will develop a comprehensive, politically viable plan for consideration by the administration and Congress.

About the Bipartisan Policy Center: Founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell, the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a non-profit organization that drives principled solutions through rigorous analysis, reasoned negotiation, and respectful dialogue. With projects in multiple issue areas, BPC combines politically-balanced policymaking with strong, proactive advocacy and outreach. For more information, please visit our website: www.bipartisanpolicy.org.

About Henry Cisneros: Henry Cisneros is the former HUD Secretary and current executive Chairman of CityView. Throughout his career in politics and business, Cisneros has remained actively involved with creating housing revitalizing our nation’s cities. He has and continues to serve on corporate boards, as well as chairing and serving on several non-profit boards to promote Latinos and fair housing policies. He has authored, edited and collaborated on several books, and is an in-demand public speaker. As executive chairman of CityView, he devotes his efforts to improving the urban environment through CityView’s investment funds. Prior to establishing CityView, he served as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton and was the four-term Mayor of San Antonio, Texas. Cisneros is the only former HUD secretary to remain working in housing.

Cisneros has built up CityView to be one of the nation’s top institutional investment firms focused on urban real estate, in-city housing, and metropolitan infrastructure, working with both residential housing and commercial real estate developers. His vast knowledge of cities and government, in addition to his numerous relationships built over a lengthy career, have been crucial to CityView’s development and success. Today, CityView is one of the nation’s premier institutional investment firms focused on urban real estate, in-city housing, and metropolitan infrastructure. Founded in 2000 by Cisneros, the company has generated more than $2 billion in urban investment in 45 communities across the United States. CityView currently manages multiple funds, all focused on urban solutions. Among its largest investors are pension systems for employees of the State of California (CalPERS), the City of Los Angeles (LACERS), the County of Los Angeles (LACERA), and the Los Angeles Fire and Police Plan (LAFPP). Combined, CityView’s three funds have invested in more than 20 metropolitan areas in 13 states across the country.

Before he was the Executive Chairman at CityView, Cisneros served as the 10th Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. Cisneros was credited with initiating the revitalization of many of the nation’s public housing developments and with formulating policies that contributed to achieving the nation’s highest ever homeownership rate. In his role as the President’s chief representative to the nation’s cities, Cisneros personally worked in more than 200 U.S. cities in every one of the 50 states. With his position, he inherited the massive undertaking to oversee the implementation of the HOPE VI program, which represented a dramatic turnaround in public housing policy and one of the most ambitious urban redevelopment efforts in the nation’s history. Cisneros also seized the goal of the Clinton administration to widen homeownership opportunities among the country’s most under-represented groups — young adults, minorities and low- to moderate-income families. Policies set in motion by Cisneros’ administration allowed homeownership to soar to more than 67 percent.

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Promoting Work in Public Housing

Can a multicomponent employment initiative that is located in public housing developments help residents work, earn more money, and improve their quality of life? The Jobs-Plus Community Revitalization Initiative for Public Housing Families (Jobs-Plus, for short) sought to achieve these ambitious goals in difficult environments. Operated as a special demonstration project in selected
housing developments in six U.S. cities, Jobs-Plus was sponsored by a consortium of public and private funders led by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Rockefeller Foundation. MDRC, a nonprofit social policy
research firm, managed the demonstration and evaluated the program. This final MDRC report on the initiative assesses the program’s success in achieving key outcomes for residents and their housing developments. It analyzes the program’s effects — or “impacts” — on residents’ employment rates, average  earnings, and welfare receipt by comparing the outcomes for residents of the
Jobs-Plus developments with the outcomes for their counterparts in similar “comparison” developments that did not implement the program. (Because housing developments were allocated randomly to the Jobs-Plus or comparison group, their  outcomes provide an especially rigorous basis for estimating program impacts.) The report also examines changes in social and material conditions at the developments. In summary, the findings show that:  Read more at: http://www.mdrc.org/publications/405/execsum.html

 

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Washington, DC – With the launch of Public Housing Jobs.com, public housing agencies now have a single, comprehensive resource that connects them with job candidates who have experience and credentials in an increasingly important part of the overall labor market. Public Housing Jobs.com website audience is geared towards housing and community development professionals, entry level public housing job seekers, housing agency executives, HR professionals, urban planners, housing commissioners, developers, architects, grant writers, public housing contractors, and public housing policy makers.  Leon Rock, CEO of Public Housing Jobs.com, said, “Our growing number of devoted readers includes HR professionals, grant managers, HUD officials, and many HR directors. You’ll find Public Housing Jobs.com,on a growing number of Public and Indian housing agencies HR department desktops.”   Rock went on to say, “Public Housing Jobs.com, is the best way to recruit high-quality planning-related professionals, while at the same time meeting your minority contracting and section 3 contracting goals”  Job listings start at only $189.00 for a 2 month posting. Public Housing Jobs.com is a minority owned and operated, section 3 business.

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HUD Funding Opportunity: Tenant Resource Network Program

Funding Opportunity Number: FR-5500-N-31
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Posted Date: Oct 17, 2011
Creation Date: Oct 17, 2011
Original Closing Date for Applications: Dec 06, 2011
Current Closing Date for Applications: Dec 06, 2011
Archive Date: Dec 12, 2011
Funding Instrument Type: Grant

Category of Funding Activity: Housing

Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards: 20
Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,000,000
Award Ceiling: $720,000
Award Floor: $200,000
CFDA Number(s): 14.322 — Tenant Resource Network Program
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification)

Additional Information on Eligibility:

Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations with current IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Eligible applicants shall demonstrate a minimum of five years of tenant outreach and organizing work, using some or all of the methods described in “required and targeted outreach,” in part C, below. Applicants may work with a local, area-wide or regional team member, such as a local tenant organization, as detailed in the applicant’s staffing plan. This local organization will be considered part of the applicant’s team and will be evaluated as staff or contractor to the applicant. This team member is not required to have 501(c)(3) status and is not required a 5-year record of tenant outreach and organizing. However, the team member must not have an identity of interest with any owner or management of any property where TRN activity is proposed. Applicants may oversee multiple team members and work in multiple states or metropolitan areas, provided a separate application is submitted for each state or metropolitan area in which work will be performed.

Agency Name
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Description
TRN is designed to facilitate preservation of projects with Section 8 Project Based Rental Assistance at-risk of loss. TRN considers projects at-risk upon occurrence of one of the following events: an FHA insured or Direct mortgage maturity date within 24 months of the publication of the NOFA; an owner election to Opt-Out filed no more than 12 months prior to publication of the NOFA; a notice of prepayment filed no more than 12 months prior to publication of the NOFA; or the receipt of two consecutive Below 60 REAC scores (not yet under abatement), with the most recent score issued no more than 12 months prior to the publication of the NOFA. The program is intended to be one more tool to assist both owners and the Department in identifying potential preservation strategies or, in the event preservation is not feasible, to ensure that tenants are fully informed regarding available protections such as the provision of tenant protection Housing Choice Vouchers. The program will enhance the Department’s partnership with owners by providing an additional perspective on how preservation may be achieved, and will allow owners to make more fully informed decisions regarding continued participation in Multifamily programs. TRN is part of the Department’s strategy to meet the need for quality affordable rental homes through preservation of federally assisted housing. TRN-eligible properties are identified as high risk of losing their project-based rental assistance, or where tenants’ access to rental subsidy may be at risk. TRN is specifically targeting Combined Metropolitan Statistical areas with the largest numbers of TRN-eligible units, and will provide additional award funds to applicants working in these communities that are disproportionately impacted by the potential loss of assisted housing.

Link to Full Announcement
Application and Instructions Download using CFDA number ONLY.
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
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Fort Myers HOPE VI Renaissance Preserve

Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers

Housing units at Renaissance Preserve

The Housing Authority of the City of Fort Myers and Norstar Development USA announces a ribbon cutting and dedication will be held for three of the Housing Authority’s newest facilities Tuesday, Oct. 18 beginning at 10 a.m. at 4224 Renaissance Preserve Way, Fort Myers.

HACFM’s new administration office will be dedicated as the Judge Isaac A. Anderson Jr. Administrative Offices in honor of the late circuit court judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit, who was Lee County’s first African American judge. Anderson died in 2007 following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was a 61-year-old Fort Myers native and Dunbar High School graduate appointed as a county judge by Florida Gov. Bob Graham in 1981. He later served as an administrative judge and in 1991 was elected as a circuit court judge.

Ribbon cuttings will also be held for the new 262-unit HOPE VI Renaissance Preserve Family housing units and the Community Supportive Services building, developed by Norstar in conjunction with the Housing Authority. HACFM provides high quality, stable and sustainable housing and related services to people in need. They also provide programs such as Resident Services/Family Self-Sufficiency and HOPE VI Community Supportive Services which assist residents with education, job training, job placement, personal development and life management skills.

Guest speakers at the dedication will include Audrea and Justin Anderson, Judge Anderson’s widow and son, Jose Citron, Director U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Councilwoman Teresa Watkins Brown, Councilman Johnny Streets, HACFM Board Chair Joe D’Alessandro and other public figures.

“Housing is the first step in empowering families with the means to become as self-sufficient as possible, encouraging and facilitating movement toward financial independence beyond the need for our services,” said HACFM Executive Director Marcus D. Goodson.

The Renaissance Preserve community is the largest affordable housing development project in the history of Southwest Florida. In October 2005, HACFM was awarded a $20 million dollar HOPE VI Grant to demolish and rebuild the Michigan Court/Flossie Riley public housing developments. In January 2008, HACFM entered into a Master Development Agreement with Norstar for demolition of the obsolete 470-unit former public housing project and construction of 517 new, mixed income, mixed tenure, Energy Star-enhanced units – a net increase of 47 affordable housing units. In addition to the housing units the community also includes a bond-financed, 120-unit senior housing complex and a Boys & Girls Club. This is the first two phases of a four-phase build-out.

Goodson said, “This new HOPE VI housing development shows our commitment to the community we are creating and also serves to attract other businesses to the neighborhood.”  Read More HERE

 

Procurement Officer

Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority (Silverdale, Washington)

 

Posted:

June 13, 2011

Address:

9307 Bayshore Dr NW

Silverdale, WA 98383

Occu:

Housing Management

Type:

Full-time, Permanent

 

Description:

Housing Kitsap, Silverdale, WA is seeking an experienced Procurement Officer to oversee all agency procurements. The position requires a minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration or similar field; 2 years of experience in managing and performing purchasing/procurement in a public setting. Candidates with an equivalent combination of education and experience with skills and knowledge to perform the work will also be considered. This is a full time exempt position. Competitive Salary based on experience and full benefits. For application & job description go to KCCHA.org select About Us/Employment. Please submit application, resume and cover letter with three professional references to Kitsap County Consolidated Housing Authority, Attn: Marianne Rodden, 9307 Bayshore Drive NW, Silverdale, WA 98383.

Applications will be taken until position is filled.

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Email:

RoddenM@KCCHA.org

 

Website:

http://www.kccha.org

 

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HUD awards $22M to revitalize distressed Sheppard Square public housing in Louisville

HUD news release
 
LOUISVILLE – U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan on Monday awarded $22 million to support Louisville Metropolitan Housing Authority revitalization of the Sheppard Square public housing development.

Sheppard Square’s current 326 units all will be demolished and replaced by 454 units. The grant funding announced today is part of $153 million awarded to eight public housing agencies across the country through HUD’s HOPE VI Revitalization Program to transform severely distressed public housing developments into mixed-income communities.
 
“No one can dispute the exceptional track record of HOPE VI to improve housing conditions for hundreds of communities and most importantly, thousands of families,” said Donovan. “As we move toward the next generation of neighborhood revitalization — one that links housing, education, transportation, healthcare, and other support services — we will always remember it all began with HOPE VI.” 
 
“I encouraged our Housing Authority to apply for this HOPE VI grant and urged Secretary Donovan to approve the funding because of the enormous impact it will have in the revitalization of such an important part of our community,” said U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth of Louisville. 
 
It is LMHA’s fourth HOPE VI Revitalization grant. 

Sheppard Square will be replaced with 326 public housing/low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) units, 46 LIHTC-only units and 59 market-rate rental units, and 23 market rate homeownership units.  Of the 454 units, 310 will be on-site and 144 off-site. 
 
The revitalized Sheppard Square will be a transit-oriented community of energy-efficient housing available to households with a range of incomes. The off-site component will further de-concentration goals while fulfilling the commitment to one-for-one replacement of public housing units.
 
The eight housing authorities announced today were among 36 that applied for FY 2010 HOPE VI Revitalization funding. Six will be funded from FY 2010 HOPE VI appropriations; two awards will come from FY 2011 funding.

Later this year, HUD will conduct a competition to award $65 million in FY2011 funding to implement the Department’s new Choice Neighborhoods Program.   More HERE

Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority HOPE VI Under Fire by Residents

The residents of City West are opposing efforts to remove the manager of the low-income housing development, with a Jan. 18 letter that alleges “blatant disregard” of their concerns.

The letter accuses the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority of ignoring letters and requests for meetings between the housing authority’s leadership and the City West Neighborhood Association. The letter also accuses CMHA of pocketing “hundreds of thousands of dollars” in operating subsidy and discretionary capital funds instead of using the funds to shore up the financially troubled project.

“We find this to be a breach of the original Hope VI commitment offered by CMHA to the residents of City West,” wrote Neighborhood Association President Shirley Colbert. “We request that we are immediately provided with a full accounting of CMHA’s use of federal subsidies for the project.

CMHA Interim Director Ted Bergh disputes Colbert’s allegation, saying the agency is “within HUD guidelines” on operating subsidies delivered to City West. Capital dollars have been held up by the insistence of federal regulators that City West supply a plan of action for those funds.

“HUD put a precondition on any capital funds going to them,” Bergh said. “There are three to four steps that have to happen for funds to flow.”

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