County Adopts New Park
Fees
On Wednesday, the County Board of
Supervisors approved new park fees on a 4-1 vote, with Dianne Jacob opposed.
Jacob expressed a concern that there was no money set aside for ongoing
maintenance of new parks once they are built.
Currently, the fees range from $400
per home in the far eastern portion of the county to $1,000 per home in the
unincorporated area of San Dieguito. The new fees, which take effect April 20,
will range from $2,684 per dwelling up to $6,974.
President's FY 2008 HUD
Budget Disappoints
This week the Bush Administration
released its FY 2008 budget proposal, reducing by 8 percent funding for U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs. According to the
National Housing Conference (NHC), the Administration is touting a $1.6
billion increase, with a total budget of $35.2 billion, in HUD discretionary
funding within the proposal. However, this total is based on a comparison to
the FY 2007 HUD budget request of $33.6 billion and not the $38.3 billion that
would be provided by the pending U.S. House of Representatives-approved FY
2007 joint funding resolution, or H.J. Res. 20.
Major Cuts:
CDBG
-20%
Public Housing Capital Fund
-15%
HOPE
VI
Eliminated
811
Program -47%
202
Program
-22%
Additional detailed information about
the Administration's budget proposal can be found by going to a special
edition of NHC's Washington
Wire online newsletter.
Home Depot Foundation
Invites Entries for
Awards of Excellence for Affordable Housing Built
Responsibly
Grants of up $75,000 will be given to
nonprofit housing development corporations engaged in green building/healthy
home construction and rehabilitation to help them further outstanding and
innovative work....
Deadline: March 31, 2007 (Letter of Inquiry)
Click
here for more info
Calendar
The 14th Annual Fair
Housing
Laws and Litigation Conference
February 14-16,
2007
at The San Diego Concourse
202 C Street, San Diego, CA
92101
Coverage of Fair Housing Laws - Basic
& Advanced. For advocates, attorneys, housing providers/ property
managers, builders and architects, entitlement cities/others
Click Here For
More Info: http://www.fhcsd.com/pdf/2007conference.pdf
Experts Online: Mixed-Income
Development and the HOME Program
On Wednesday, Feb. 14 at
11 a.m.
LISC will hold an online discussion
addressing the advantages of mixed-income housing and the use of HOME funds to
cover its development costs. This HUD-funded chat will feature Bonnie Lester
of ICF Consulting, who will detail steps for developing mixed-income housing
using public and private financing and lessons learned from successful
developments around the country. For more information or to join this chat,
click here. http://www.lisc.org/content/calendar/detail/4414/
Federal Home Loan Bank AHP
Workshop
Friday, February 16, 2007
8:30 to Noon
Co-host:
California Bank and Trust
9444 Farnham Street
San Diego, CA
92123
Pre-Registration Required
http://www.fhlbsf.com/about/events/ahpworkshops/info.asp
Save The
Date
SDHF Member
Mixer
Thrusday, March 15, 2007
5:30 to 7:30 PM
Luna
Lounge
The Board of Directors is hosting a
Member and Potential New Member Mixer on Thursday, March 15. The event will
give members a chance to network with each other and at the same time invite
potential new members to come learn how the work of the Federation benefits
them. Members are asked to invite their primary business partners to
come to the event. We will also be inviting elected officials to attend
as well.
http://housingsandiego.org/documents/MemberMixerInvite.pdf
© 2007 San Diego Housing Federation, 110 W C Street,
Suite 1013, San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 239-6693
Website: http://www.housingsandiego.org
Email: sdhfstaf@housingsandiego.org
