Posts by Affordable Housing Connections
In-Depth Minneapolis IZ Training is Now Available!
Affordable Housing Connections (AHC) is pleased to announce that our comprehensive training for the Minneapolis Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) program is now available. This online, on-demand course will walk you through the Minneapolis IZ program from initial lease up, to qualifying a household, to annual reporting requirements. Created in collaboration with the City of Minneapolis, this…
Read More2025 LAHC Alum and Supporters Social Recap
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our second annual Leadership in Affordable Housing Certificate (LAHC) Alum and AHC ELC Supporters Social. We greatly appreciate your participation and engagement during the evening. A special thanks to attendee Shawn Huckleby (a founding board member of the Education and Leadership Center at AHC), as well as…
Read MoreJoin the AHC Board of Directors!
Are you committed to affordable housing and looking for an opportunity to get involved? Apply to join the Affordable Housing Connections (AHC) Board of Directors. AHC is a 501c(3) non-profit organization and is Minnesota’s trusted expert on affordable housing compliance and related industry education. AHC has an Executive Director and 12 full-time employees. The Board…
Read More2025 COLA Increase
Social Security Announces 2.5 Percent Benefit Increase for 2025 Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 72.5 million Americans will increase 2.5% in 2025. The 2.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to Social Security beneficiaries in January 2025. Increased payments to SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 31, 2024. …
Read MoreAHC is hiring a Compliance Program Coordinator
Affordable Housing Connections (AHC) is growing and hiring. Our Mission is to support local governments to implement their housing assistance plans and to protect public and private investment in projects that further affordable housing strategies and priorities. We are looking for a person to fill the position of Compliance Program Coordinator. This person will join a team of other experienced professionals to provide program and administrative support to a 12-person office team.
Read More2025 HUD Passbook Rate
The 2025 HUD Passbook Savings Rate will be 0.45%, effective January 1, 2025. On August 2, 2023, HUD posted the Inflation-Adjusted Values and Passbook Saving Rate for 2025. See Annual Inflationary Adjustments and Passbook Rate for more information.. Tenant certifications effective January 1, 2025, or later must use the new passbook rate. See the 12-2023…
Read MoreIntroducing the Three-Part Tax Credit Compliance Specialist (TCCS) Course for 2024
Amongst many industries, the housing industry has seen many challenges over the last few years that brought a new level of difficulty to affordable housing management. Staff turnover is at an all-time high, making training a critical need. Now that we have settled into a post-Covid world, Affordable Housing Connections Education Leadership Center (AHC ELC)…
Read MoreCelebrating Innovative and Pioneering Projects at the AHC Annual Conference
Affordable Housing Connections welcomed project owners, compliance managers, senior-level site and property staff, as well as Suballocator and PJ staff to Wilder Center on December 7th, 2023. James Haggar, M State Partners, Libby Murphy, Minnesota Housing Partnership, Jennifer Bergman, Minnesota Housing, Tara Beard, City of Saint Paul, and Amy Geisler, City of Minneapolis spoke about…
Read More2024 COLA Increase and HUD Passbook
Social Security Announces 3.2 % Benefit Increase for 2024 Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 70 million Americans will increase 3.2% in 2024. The 3.2 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to Social Security beneficiaries in January 2024. Increased payments to SSI beneficiaries will begin on December…
Read MoreHOME 2023 Income and Rent Limits
The recently published 2023 HOME Program income and rent limits for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA and Counties in the Northeast MN HOME Consortium are effective on June 15, 2023. These and limits for other local and national jurisdictions are available on the HUD Exchange: The 30% limits are provided for the HOME Program because…
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