AHPNJ News http://ahpnj.org/news News from the Affordable Housing Professionals of New Jersey. en Thu, 30 May 2013 17:04:18 +0000 Join Affordable Housing Professionals of New Jersey on Linkedin http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/join-affordable-housing-professionals-of-new-jersey-on-linkedin ahpnj_news_395 AHPNJ has an AHPNJ group on http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Affordable-Housing-Professionals-New-Jersey-4114724/about,

a network for professionals, so that you may post jobs, internships, RFPs and more. 

]]> Thu, 30 May 2013 22:04:18 +0000 State’s bid to grab housing funds remains on hold http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/states-bid-to-grab-housing-funds-remains-on-hold ahpnj_news_595 To read the rest of the article, click here.

]]> Wed, 29 May 2013 20:25:51 +0000 The Family Options Study Interim Report is Now Available http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/the-family-options-study-interim-report-is-now-available ahpnj_news_589 The ultimate goal of this study is to determine what interventions work best to promote housing stability, family preservation, self-sufficiency, and adult and child well-being for families who are homeless. This study represents the largest experimental study of family homelessness conducted to date.

Read the Family Options Study Interim Report. 

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 02:43:33 +0000 Definition of Chronic Homelessness Proposed Rule: Comments Due May 28, 2013 http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/definition-of-chronic-homelessness-proposed-rule-comments-due-may-28-2013 ahpnj_news_588  

The proposed rule for the new Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (RHSP) was published in the Federal Register on March 27, 2013, and included a proposed definition of chronic homelessness.

Public comments for the definition of chronic homelessness are due May 28, 2013, and may be submitted to HUD either by mail or electronically at www.regulations.gov. Because the definition of chronic homelessness was published as proposed, it will become effective once the rule is published as final. For more information about submitting a comment, see page 2 of the RHSP proposed rule.

HUD recently extended the comment period for the RHSP portion of the proposed rule to July 1, 2013 (see Notice). 

 

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 02:42:57 +0000 Applications for the 2013 round of grant funding are now available and due July 10. http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/applications-for-the-2013-round-of-grant-funding-are-now-available-and-due ahpnj_news_590 Carrying the project from inception to the beginning of schematic design, these grants enable development teams to define project goals, identify challenges and explore multiple design solutions. Armed with new ideas and expanded partnerships, developers complete the process equipped to make more informed decisions that lead to higher quality projects.

The grant funds a rigorous integrative design process in the early stages of development, beginning with a visioning and architect competition and followed by a charrette to strengthen the project’s overall green approach. By engaging a broader network of architects as well as a more robust development team, the grant encourages lasting changes in the pre-development design process of affordable housing.

Click here for more information.

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 02:35:41 +0000 New Employment Opportunities Posted http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/new-employment-opportunities-posted ahpnj_news_498 Members can check out AHPNJ's Employment Opportunity page for new listings!

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 21:50:06 +0000 Designing Healthy Communities http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/designing-healthy-communities ahpnj_news_579 A provocative and challenging new 4-hour public television series (2012), Designing Healthy Communities, hosted by celebrated author and teacher Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, is now available on this special DVD set with four extra bonus videos. Dr. Jackson makes the case that the rapidly deteriorating public health of our citizens is linked directly to nearly half-a-century of bad design decisions, now frozen in concrete. Each of the 4 hours looks at the different impacts our built environment in urban and suburbia areas have on key public health indices---obesity, diabetes, heart, asthma, cancer and depression. Dr. Jackson links bad community design with burgeoning health costs, then analyses and illustrates how ordinary citizens, including many young people, are trying to do about this urgent crisis, now on the front pages of many newspapers, by looking upstream for solutions before ill health and disease occurs. Dr. Jackson inhabits the frontier between public health and urban planning, and offers us hopeful examples of innovative transformations. For viewing times or to purchase the series, click here.

 

]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 20:22:21 +0000 NJ COAH 2012 and 2013 Affordable Housing Regional Income Limits http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/nj-coah-2012-and-2013-affordabel-housing-regional-income-limits ahpnj_news_580 The 2012 Income Limits were adopted in May 2013. Since the COAH Regional Income Limits for 2012 were higher than 2013 figures, the 2012 income limits will remain in force for 2013 and until Regional Income Limits surpass the 2012 Regional Income Limits.

Click here for the 2012 limits.

Click here for the 2013 limits.

]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 19:35:01 +0000 Welcome AHPNJ’s Newest Gold Sponsor: Bisgaier Hoff! http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/welcome-ahpnjs-newst-gold-sponsor ahpnj_news_548 Please take a moment to find out more about Bisgaier Hoff!

]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:57:14 +0000 Member in the News! http://ahpnj.org/news/entry/member-in-the-news ahpnj_news_545 Use affordable housing trust funds: Opinion

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