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Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 29, 2012

CRS Report on Federal Land Ownership

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Looks like Oregon @53% is 5th in % of land in state owned by feds, CRS report is HERE .  Who knew : 48% of California land owned by fed...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

California Surpeme Court Ruling Says OK to Abolish Local Redevelopment Agencies.

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KQED story is HERE , includes link to Opinion and reaction from cities.  While application of ruling is legally limited to California, it...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

UPDATE: Letter from LA City Housing Authority Says $15 Million in Annual Profit From Non Profits Including Section 8 Contract Administration Non Profit.

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UPDATE: Thanks to HACLA staff who responded to my public records request today and provided me with a clean copy of the letter. Link to let...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Report on California Housing Cost Containment Forums.

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Nogradac has story, with link to report: The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) yesterday released ..[a summary report ] of...
Friday, July 8, 2011

California Local Redevelopment Agencies Eliminated?

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From Novogradac news HERE certainly appears that way:  The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) is encouraging developers a...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

California Housing Finance Agency $5.7 Billion in Bonds Downgraded.

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Bond Buyer story says:  Moody's Investors Service downgraded the long-term underlying rating on the California Housing Finance Agency...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Brown's California Budget Proposes Phase Out of Local Redevelopment Agencies.

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Details are found starting on page 2 of his Tax Relief and Local Government budget Chapter found HERE .  (All chapters for budget proposal c...
Thursday, December 30, 2010

San Francisco Public Housing Gets Free Wi-FI.

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Bloomberg News story is HERE .  Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog .
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Fannie/Freddie In California CY 2009: $245 Billion/ 816,000 Homes.

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My recent post about CY 2009 GSE and FHA activity HERE included tables showing that GSE CY 2009 loan volume in Oregon was 103,000 loans, re...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

California HFA Back in Market with New $1Billion+ FHA Product; Current Rate is 4%.

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PR is HERE . Information for lenders is HERE .  Current interest rates for this first time home buyer only program are HERE . As of this (W...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Hardest Hit New HFA Non Profits: Activities Should be Limited to Single Purpose, Meetings/ Records Subject to Public Meetings/Records Law, With Any Residual Funds Reverted to Housing Trust Funds.

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Several states receiving Hardest Hit TARP funding will be forming non profits to administer the program, responding to the Treasury requir...
Friday, April 30, 2010

Hardest Hit State Plan Update: California Non Profit Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Added.

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In reading through the California Hardest Hit Housing plan I noticed they plan to form a non profit corporation to administer the Hardest Hi...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Good News: California HFA Hardest Hit Housing Plan Added to 1st Round State Plan File.

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I received a response to my public records request with CALHFA advising they have now posted their complete plan on their website. I have ad...

Hardest Hit Housing State Plan Analysis: Geographic Allocation Methods Show Wide Variations.

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I have looked at the proposed geographic allocations in the three complete Hardest Plans I currently have copies for and am struck by the wi...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

HFA Hardest Hit Plans Received from Michigan and Arizona.

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I am very pleased that both the Michigan and Arizona housing finance agencies have provided me with copies of the Hardest Hit housing plan...
Friday, April 16, 2010

Arizona Goes the Summary Route with Their Hardest Hit Plan Post; California Claims They CAN'T Disclose How They Plan to Spend $700 Million from TARP.

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Arizona Goes the 4 Page Summary Route: Arizona's 4 page summary of how they plan on spending $125.1 million HERE is one page longer t...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009

California FHA SF Loans, July 2009: $5.2 BILLION in One Month.

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I was blown away by the record setting projected $4-5 Billion in CY 2009 FHA SF loan volume in Oregon in my post yesterday ( HERE ). I thoug...
Thursday, May 14, 2009

California Posts LIHTC Tax Exchange Application.

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From Novogradac: The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee today published an application for cash in lieu of tax credits . The progr...
Friday, April 24, 2009

SF Developers Choosing FHA MF Financing.

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San Francisco Business Times story is HERE
Tuesday, February 24, 2009

California 90 Day Foreclosure Moratorium (With Holes) Signed Into Law.

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SF Chronicle story HERE. Housing Wire news story includes bill numbers HERE . California legislative links to these bills are HERE ( SBX2 7...