Legal Action is a member of the Winnebagoland Housing Coalition, and provides housing-related legal services to many of our lower-income clients.
From the ONW on 4/26/11:
"When people don't know where to turn, they can often turn to Legal Action of Wisconsin.
The agency, which serves the elderly and the poor, is a godsend for those who need help navigating civil court cases. The Milwaukee-based agency operates branch offices, including one in Oshkosh, to provide civil, not criminal, protections using state and federal monies and private donations.
In jeopardy is about 20 percent of the group's funding, however, as proposed by Gov. Scott Walker"
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wisconsin Homeless Count Data
January 2011 Point-In-Time Data is Now Available
The January 2011 Point-In-Time data is available for viewing. The data includes PIT counts for all four Wisconsin CoC's.
www.boscoc.org/html/point_in_time.html
The January 2011 Point-In-Time data is available for viewing. The data includes PIT counts for all four Wisconsin CoC's.
www.boscoc.org/html/point_in_time.html
Thursday, April 21, 2011
NAHRO's Opposition to HUD's Offset of PHA Reserves
From NAHRO online:
The President’s FY 2012 budget proposal released on February 14 estimates 2012 operating subsidy eligibility at $4.962 billion, yet the budget requests only $3.962 billion in appropriations for the Operating Fund. To make up the difference, the budget includes suggested statutory language that would, if accepted by Congressional appropriators, authorize the HUD Secretary to “take into account PHAs’ excess operating reserves” when determining PHAs’ 2012 funding allocations. According to the FY 2012 HUD budget appendix, this authority would allow the Department “to reduce funding allocations to PHAs that have more than sufficient (i.e., excess) reserve levels.”
NAHRO opposes the administration’s proposed offset of $1 billion against PHAs’ operating reserves. NAHRO members have been unambiguous in their written and verbal reactions to the proposal: The offset would unfairly punish the responsible, strategic, and entrepreneurial stewardship of federal public housing resources. NAHRO will advocate vigorously for a direct appropriation sufficient to provide 100 percent of operating subsidy eligibility under the current Operating Fund rule. At the same time, NAHRO will insist that the Department be completely transparent regarding its plans for implementing an offset. Having a clear sense of HUD’s intended methodology is the only way that NAHRO and its industry partners will be able to minimize the damage to the public housing program should the Congress (over the industry’s strenuous objections) ultimately accept the administration’s proposal.
The President’s FY 2012 budget proposal released on February 14 estimates 2012 operating subsidy eligibility at $4.962 billion, yet the budget requests only $3.962 billion in appropriations for the Operating Fund. To make up the difference, the budget includes suggested statutory language that would, if accepted by Congressional appropriators, authorize the HUD Secretary to “take into account PHAs’ excess operating reserves” when determining PHAs’ 2012 funding allocations. According to the FY 2012 HUD budget appendix, this authority would allow the Department “to reduce funding allocations to PHAs that have more than sufficient (i.e., excess) reserve levels.”
NAHRO opposes the administration’s proposed offset of $1 billion against PHAs’ operating reserves. NAHRO members have been unambiguous in their written and verbal reactions to the proposal: The offset would unfairly punish the responsible, strategic, and entrepreneurial stewardship of federal public housing resources. NAHRO will advocate vigorously for a direct appropriation sufficient to provide 100 percent of operating subsidy eligibility under the current Operating Fund rule. At the same time, NAHRO will insist that the Department be completely transparent regarding its plans for implementing an offset. Having a clear sense of HUD’s intended methodology is the only way that NAHRO and its industry partners will be able to minimize the damage to the public housing program should the Congress (over the industry’s strenuous objections) ultimately accept the administration’s proposal.
Friday, April 8, 2011
HUD 2011 Contingency Plan (What Happens with a Government Shutdown)
For those interested in reviewing the formal policy for HUD programming following a federal government shutdown, HUD released a report titled "HUD FY2011 Contingency Plan for Possible Lapse in Appropriations" yesterday.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Loan Modification Fraud
As a number of our members provide financial counseling and foreclosure prevention programming, this release may be valuable to ensure that your clients are aware of some of the identified fradualant activities of some loan-modification programs.
The National Fair Housing Alliance titled "Undercover Investigation Finds Fraud Common among Mortgage Loan Modification Companies", stating "With one in nine homeowners nationwide more than 90 days behind on their mortgage payments, a lucrative industry of mortgage modification and foreclosure prevention scams has emerged".
See the release here.
The National Fair Housing Alliance titled "Undercover Investigation Finds Fraud Common among Mortgage Loan Modification Companies", stating "With one in nine homeowners nationwide more than 90 days behind on their mortgage payments, a lucrative industry of mortgage modification and foreclosure prevention scams has emerged".
See the release here.
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