The New York State
Rural Housing Coalition, Incorporated
79 N. Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12207

Ph: (518) 458-8696
Fax: (518) 458-8896

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Meetings and Trainings

Real Estate Development Seminar February 9-10, 2012

Join the Rural Housing Coalition staff and a group of experienced experts for an information packed training covering the basics of development. If you are interested in brushing up your real estate development skills or new to the business, plan to join us in February at the Century House in Latham, NY as we cover a variety of topics you will want to consider for Main Street development, rental housing, or single family development. Click here for details and registration.

NYSAFAH is sponsoring an upstate affordable housing brown bag lunch on Thursday, January 26, 2012 from noon to 1:30 PM at the Taste of Albany Restaurant Penthouse. Topics to be discussed include green affordable housing and a case study on the role of affordable housing in Albany’s economic development. More information here. RSVP by January 24^th to tom at nysafah.org

RPCs Bring Economic Growth to Rural NY

2011 HCR Annual Report to the Legislature on the Rural and Neighborhood Preservation Programs

For RPC leverage and match data by Regional Economic Development Council see below

HCR has announced January and February trainings on lead safe work practices. Trainings are free and will cover how to identify the existence of lead based paint; how lead based paint affects the body; the dangers it presents to people, especially children and pregnant women; where lead-bato use safe work practicessed paint is most often located and how to handle lead-based paint hazards.

Governor Cuomo Announced CFA Awards

NY is one of five states that account for half of homeless Americans. Yet the latest point in time count indicates a slight decline in homelessness. See the latest report from HUD

NOFAs and RFPs

The deadline for submitting a workplan modification request to NYS HCR for your agency’s RPP contract is 3/31/12. The form can be located here. If you have any questions, please contact your assigned NYS HCR Field Representative.