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E-Briefs from the Richmond Office of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

DEADLINES
Applications for some competitive programs under HUD’s 2007 SuperNOFA are due in May. Electronic submissions for Early Doctoral and Doctoral Dissertation grants are due on May 2nd; for Fair Housing Initiatives Program grants on May 3rd; for Housing Counseling grants on May 17th; for Public Housing Family Self Sufficiency Service Coordinators and Lead Outreach, Lead & Healthy Homes Technical Studies, Healthy Homes Demonstration, Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control and Operation LEAP grants on May 18th; for Rural Housing & Economic Development, Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions grants on May 23rd; Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities grants on May 24th; Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly and HOME/HOPWA/CHDO technical assistance grants on May 25th; for Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grants on May 30th and for HOPWA – Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, grants on May 31st. More at www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/fundsavail.cfm

DEADLINE TOO
June 18th is the deadline for governments, housing authorities and nonprofits to apply for USDA Rural Housing Service grants of up to $500,000 under the Section 533 Housing Preservation grants that help very low and low-income homeowners repair or rehabilitate their homes. Contact USDA Virginia for pre-application packages. More at www.grants.gov/search/search.do?oppId=13592&mode=VIEW

! ! CALLING ALL REALTORS & LENDERS ! ! !
Want to know how the “new” FHA is making homebuying easier and more affordable? Then join the Virginia Mortgage Lenders Association, HUD’s Philadelphia Homeownership Center and HUD Richmond for all-day FHA Lender Update at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, Thursday, June 21st. Register on-line at www.hud.gov/event_registration/index_2.cfm?eventID=529

BRIEF BRIEFS
HUD reports 10,438 housing discrimination complaints filed in fiscal year 2006, the most ever, with race and disability “virtually tied” as the “most common bases”. . .Appalachian Regional Commission launches competition for grants up to $75,000 for projects “leveraging renewable energy and energy efficiency resources to revitalize their economies”. . .USDA Rural Development marks Earth Day by awarding Lee County Public Service Authority $2.4 million in loans and grants to connect Stickleyville to public water. . .Contact gmerchant@suffolkrha.org to attend annual meeting of Virginia Association of Housing & Community Development Officials in Virginia Beach May 13th to May 15th. . Franklin, Virginia, Historic District association hosting “why’s & how’s” of historic preservation workshop May 5th. . .32 DHCD staff donate 175 work hours to help finish a Habitat house. . .Barbaratta Whitaker of Richmond Redevelopment & Housing’s Fairfield Court and Armstrong High School wins Gates Millennium Foundation scholarship to pursue medical studies at Johns Hopkins. . .VSBN schedules all-day EarthCraft Builder Training May 22nd in Chesapeake and May 23rd in Newport News. . .May 11th as deadline to submit DHCD Combined Shelter Grant program for State Shelter, Emergency Shelter, Child Care for Homeless and Child Services Coordinator grants. . .Greater Fredericksburg Habitat says EarthCraft to be standard for all its houses. . .Rebuilding Together’s Roanoke chapter, says Roanoke Times, fixes up 150th house. . .H.O.M.E., Inc., and Wachovia host “Visions of a Dream” photo exhibit on Chicago Freedom Movement’s open housing efforts at James Center in Richmond. . .E-mail tarsha.bracey@vhda.com to show-off your group at VHDA’s Affordable Housing Fair in Roanoke, June 23rd.

QUOTE TO NOTE
“Make no mistake: we must reach out and help those who have been hurt,” HUD Deputy Secretary Roy Bernardi told the National Mortgage Bankers Association in April. “Some people have just had their homes razor-bladed from under them. Others find themselves on the razor's edge. We cannot stand idly by and watch the American Dream turn into the American Tragedy for tens of thousands of people.”

BRAVO!
Congrats to Rhonda Woody of Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, Deborah Burroughs of Prince William County DSS, Aisha Quarles of Piedmont Housing Alliance and Charlotte Davis of TAP, Inc. on being named Virginia Association of Housing Counselors “Housing Counselors of the Year”.

SAVING ON SAVINGS
Buying Energy Star appliances saves money by cutting energy use, right? Well, now housing authorities and other affordable housing agencies cam also save money by using the new on-line Department of Energy online bulk purchasing service to price and buy Energy Star refrigerators, dehumidifiers, lighting, dishwashers and clothes from hundreds of suppliers. Start saving today!

BRIEF BRIEFS TOO
HUD and FEMA extend temporary housing assistance for Gulf Coast Hurricane victims 18 months to March, 2009 . .May 14th is deadline to apply for Department of Labor Urban & Non-Urban Homeless Veterans Reintegration grants. . .Virginia Fair Housing wins HUD Richmond best practice citation for significantly reducing inventory of aged cases. . .Virginia Mortgage Lenders accepting applications at www.virginiamla.com for Loan Officer U. June 6th and 7th in Chesapeake. . .Arlington Housing Corporation, Community Housing Partners and Neighborhood Housing Services of Richmond win NeighborWorks America grants totaling $1.2 million. . ."We're moving now," Lancaster County supervisor Jack Russell tells Rappahannock Record on DHCD Indoor Plumbing grant for new wells at 43 homes. . .Call (434) 817-2436 to attend May 24th “Developing Community-Based Responses to Predatory Lending” hosted by Piedmont Housing Alliance and Freddie Mac in Charlottesville. . .Department of Fire Programs at www.vafire.com sets June 1st deadline to apply for up to 200 carbon monoxide alarms to protect against “the silent killer”. . .Habitat opens newest Re-Store in Christiansburg. . .Boaz & Ruth of Richmond honored by Governor Kaine as a 2007 Virginia Community Service & Volunteerism award winners for work on prisoner re-entry. . .Thanks to Low Income Housing Tax Credits and CDBG funds, $7.4 million, 92-unit Accomack Manor Apartments for elderly opens in Parksley. . .Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta sets July 2nd deadline to apply for $2 million in Economic Development & Growth Enhancement - EDGE – interest subsidies to “create jobs, renovate structures and build community facilities that aid economic growth”

DON’T FORGET
Webcast at www.hud.gov on Retrofitting & Remodeling Multifamily Properties for Energy Efficiency from 1 to 4 p.m., May 17th.

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