Network News June 2018

On a sunny fall day, Santos Obedoza approaches a fire hydrant on the Upper Lake Rancheria here in Northern California. With wrench in hand, he gingerly begins turning the hydrant’s lock and valve to open and flush them. In minutes, the water gushes across the road.

More housing needed in California’s Sonoma County, but no solid plans to build

In a recent housing study, researchers say that California lawmakers need to allow for more homebuilding, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. In Sonoma County, the need for affordable housing is particularly acute but, some say, residents living in the mostly rural county are uneasy with more people moving to and living in the region.

Analysts see labor shortage in affordable multi-family housing construction

Construction workers are increasingly being drawn to build new single-family houses, leaving apartment projects across the country struggling to meet completion and budget deadlines, according to housing analysts.

Affordable Housing Finance magazine ranks Self-Help Enterprises No. 42 on annual list

VISALIA – Self-Help Enterprises has long been regarded as the premiere developer of affordable housing in the San Joaquin Valley, but now it can make the claim that it is among the best in the nation.

Handbook 3550-1 regulation updates through Procedure Notice (PN) 513

Rural Development issued Procedural Notice 513 in June making changes to the Section 502 Direct and the Guaranteed programs and . . .