Minnesota Housing was impersonated in a Facebook scam this week about open waitlists for people seeking housing or Section 8/Housing Choice Vouchers. The fraudulent Facebook page has been taken down. The perpetrators of the scam, posing as the state agency Minnesota Housing on Facebook, used alternate identities including “Minnesota Housing Authority” and “Minnesota Housing Development […]Read More… from Scammers Impersonate Agency, Direct Minnesotans to Apply for Nonexistent Housing and Vouchers
https://www.ncsha.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Iowa-Finance-Authority-4.png (DES MOINES) – The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors today awarded nearly $1 million in federal housing tax credits to support the construction of the new NEX Senior housing development in Iowa City. The project will include a total of 36 affordable rental homes for seniors. “Diverse housing options are foundational to ensuring…
https://www.ncsha.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Michigan-State-Housing-Development-Authority.png Twelve-month investigation leads to guilty plea, prison sentence, restitution MUSKEGON, Mich. – Today the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, along with the Muskegon City Police Department and the Muskegon County Prosecutor, announced the successful prosecution of Aaron Pulsifer, a former employee of Community enCompass, for defrauding the COVID Emergency Rental Assistance (CERA) program. Pulsifer…
https://www.ncsha.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/California-Housing-Finance-Agency.png Shultz comes after four years as Chief Deputy Commissioner at the Dept. of Financial Protection and Innovation SACRAMENTO — The California Housing Finance Agency will soon have a new Chief Deputy Director as Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed Chris Shultz to the role. Shultz is the Chief Deputy Commissioner at the Department of Financial Protection…
https://www.ncsha.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Wisconsin-Housing-and-Economic-Development-Authority.png MADISON – The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) announced that Raechelle Belli has joined its marketing and communications team as public affairs program manager. In this role, Belli will utilize her public relations and marketing experience to serve as WHEDA’s primary point of contact for the news media, plan strategic communication and…
https://www.ncsha.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NCSHA_Navy-2018-e1543599823922.png New Report Demonstrates the Urgent Need for Federal Emergency Rental Aid WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. renters will owe up to $34 billion in past-due rent by January, increasing eviction filings and imposing punishing financial hardship on millions in just a few months, according to a report released today by the National Council of State…
https://www.ncsha.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/NCSHA_Navy-2018-e1543599823922.png WASHINGTON, DC — The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) today announced the HFA1 Affordable Homeownership Lender Toolkit, a new online resource that enables lenders to partner more easily with state housing finance agencies (HFAs) in providing affordable home mortgage loans and down payment assistance to lower-income home buyers. The tools identify the…
