Last Chance for SHA Award Reception!

LIHTC Year 15 Considerations

See the latest housing posted including the a Senior Housing Wait-list for Seniors in Irvington.

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

--------------------------------------

CSH is offering an exciting paid internship opportunity working at the intersections of data analytics and racial equity. The intern will work through the Fall/Winter creating Tableau dashboards that will track and measure our progress in advancing key racial equity goals and objectives both internally and externally. This intern will work closely with the Racial Equity Design & Implementation Team (REDIT) and will participate in REDIT ideation sessions, trainings and capacity-building opportunities.  

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of Multifamily Housing Programs announced that it has awarded $143 million in grants to non-profit organizations across the country to support the development of new affordable multifamily rental housing along with ongoing project rental assistance for very low-income seniors.

Congratulations to SHA Members, Volunteers of America Delaware Valley and Region 9 Housing Corporation for being awarded funding to produce more housing to serve very-low income seniors.

Members may RSVP via email to Joseph Christensen.

Become a SHA Member and get access to great meetings and many other great member benefits. Need more information? Email Joseph Christensen with your questions.

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, who serves as chair of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH), announced the launch of House America, a national partnership in which HUD and USICH invite U.S. state, tribal and local leaders to partner with HUD to use American Rescue Plan resources, alongside other federal, tribal, state and local resources, to set and achieve goals to re-house and create new housing for households experiencing homelessness. Mayors, city and county leaders, governors and tribal leaders may join the House America initiative by issuing a proclamation or other public communication setting their goals, building their team and managing to the achievement of their goals.

The policy’s first cohort of 25 local and state leaders will include the mayors of Austin, Oakland, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., as well as Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., and the governors of California and Maine. Both Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly Mitchell are among the first adopters. The hope is to replicate the success of the campaign to end veteran homelessness under President Barack Obama, an initiative that cut veteran homelessness in half by 2016 with the support of some 800 city mayors and county executives.

HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs issued Notice H 2021-05, announcing the availability of $180 million in supplemental operating funds for qualifying owners of HUD-assisted multifamily properties, which can be used to support eligible efforts that aim to protect residents and staff from Covid-19. Owners of multifamily properties participating in HUD’s Project-Based Rental Assistance, Section 202 Housing for Low- and Very-Low Income Elderly and Section 811 Housing for Low- and Very-Low Income Persons with Disabilities Programs may submit applications to receive reimbursements for eligible activities from this pool of funds through Friday, November 19. The notice clarifies that HUD is expanding eligible reimbursements to include limited types of capital investments made in direct response to the pandemic, such as improvements in ventilation and air filtration in common areas, emergency generators, and installation of broadband infrastructure. The notice also clarifies that HUD is providing property owners with a set of flexibilities, including extending the timeframe for eligible expenses from four months to seven months.

-------------------------------------------

HUD has released a new report, New Housing in High-Productivity Metropolitan Areas: Encouraging Production, that identifies metropolitan areas with high housing costs, which continue to be predominantly on the West and East coasts, and high productivity metropolitan areas, which are spread more broadly throughout the country. The report then identifies strategies that can be used across a wide range of state and local jurisdictions to increase housing supply to better enable households of all income levels to access high-productivity areas. Promising strategies include zoning changes that make it easier to build “missing middle” housing types such as accessory dwelling units and duplexes, transit-oriented development, and streamlined design and review requirements and processes.

This report was written in response to requests in committee reports accompanying the FY 2019 and FY 2020 annual federal appropriations, that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (1) identify metropolitan areas with high housing costs and low production, and (2) recommend best practices for localities and states to help encourage the production of new housing in high-cost metropolitan areas. Much of the literature on housing regulation focuses on areas with “high-cost, highly regulated” housing. HUD was asked to look beyond high-cost jurisdictions to high-productivity jurisdictions. This report follows the report HUD submitted to Congress in March 2019, Addressing Housing Affordability in High-Cost Metropolitan Areas in the United States.

-------------------------------------------

The In Depth section on Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse (RBC) takes a closer look at innovative state and local strategies, activities, and plans to mitigate the impacts of regulations on the development of affordable housing. Each In Depth article highlights a particular plan, ordinance, or strategy in the RBC database and elaborates on aspects such as the approval process, stakeholder participation, and the progress made in reducing regulatory barriers.

Inclusionary housing (IH) is one tool that cities have used to encourage the development of below market-rate housing, helping ensure equitable access to high-opportunity neighborhoods for low-income residents. A 2021 report from the Grounded Solutions Network summarizes trends in local IH programs based on data collected in 2018-19 from 1,019 programs in 734 jurisdictions across 31 states and the District of Columbia. The report finds that jurisdictions commonly employ a combination of mandates for below market-rate units and incentives for doing so, including expedited review, relaxed parking requirements, waived administrative or impact fees, or, most commonly, density bonuses.

Visit HUD User’s RBC In Depth page to learn more about inclusionary housing programs and other plans and initiatives that state and local governments have enacted to reduce impediments to affordable housing.

As so many continue the hard work of recovering from the damage done by Ida, Governor Murphy is hosting a webinar to provide information and answer some of the common questions on resources. We invite you to join and we ask that you share the flier with your constituents and communities. Registration required, can be done here.

Peter Chen of New Jersey Policy Perspective helps break down the data to show the positives shown in census data from COVID-19 aid, and the challenges with poverty and statewide inequality.

Despite New Jersey’s reputation as a high-wealth state, poverty remains pervasive, with roughly 1 in 10 New Jersey residents living in poverty. New Census data show that 871,000 New Jersey residents were living in poverty between 2018 and 2020 based on the Supplemental Poverty Measure, a more comprehensive Census measure of poverty. Nationally, New Jersey ranks 25th in the percentage of its population living in poverty. Considering New Jersey residents’ median income is routinely among the top in the nation, its poverty rate shows how inequality remains a large problem in the state.

Although the poverty figures are three-year estimates, the new data show how the COVID-19 pandemic led to a striking decline in household incomes nationally. With historic job losses and unemployment, many people struggled to make ends meet. However, effective government stimulus programs helped mitigate this economic cost and keep families out of poverty. These programs included: expanded unemployment insurance, direct aid checks, refundable tax credits, suspensions of evictions, and forbearance of mortgage and student loan payments. Federal stimulus checks alone kept nearly 12 million Americans out of poverty, with millions more helped by expanded unemployment and refundable tax credits. (New Jersey Policy Perspective, September 14, 2021)

NJCounts 2021, the annual point-in-time count of homelessness in New Jersey managed by Monarch Housing Associates found 8,097 men, women, and children, in 6,210 households, experienced homelessness across New Jersey. NJCounts 2021 counted individuals experiencing homeless on the night of January 26, 2021.

Key findings from NJCounts 2021 include:

• 7,166 persons were in sheltered locations (emergency shelter, hotel/motel

placements, transitional housing, safe haven programs)

• 835 persons were unsheltered

• 1,493 persons, in 1,323 households, were identified as chronically homeless

representing 18.4% of the total homeless population

• 899 households were counted as families, which included 2,653 persons (a family is

defined as a household with at least one child under the age of 18 and one adult)

• 36 unaccompanied youth under 18 were identified in the count

The full report and county by county reports are available below:

Get the best of both worlds for our 23rd Annual Supportive Housing Conference with an in-person awards reception and virtual workshop and keynote experiences. Save on registering with Early Bird Pricing before September 24th. Save even more when you register 3 or more together on the same order and get 25% off your entire purchase!

Click here to register for the meeting.

NJ Department of Human Services in partnership with NJ Department of Health Presents:

The 6th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference

Save The Date

Wednesday October 6, 2021 | 9:00 AM - 1 PM

We welcome anyone interested in learning about trauma and suicide prevention. The conference will feature presentations, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion.

There are many great ways of supporting SHA: Join as a member, send donations, or shop with AmazonSmile. Thank you for your support!

Want all the member benefits with SHA? Visit our website or contact Joseph Christensen to apply or manage your membership.

Members can post jobs to find applicants within the wider supportive housing community. Click on the button to visit our job page.