Prior to joining HUD, Ethan was the Senior Policy Analyst at the Federal Housing Finance Agency in the Office of Housing and Community Investment. And Ill pipe Ill find see if I cant find the link to the resources and put them in the comments. But generally speaking, most of the good owners we work with dont want to evict a bunch of people. He is best known for writing the 2003 Will Ferrell Christmas comedy classic, "Elf". Some of that is HUD cooperating with other agencies to make sure that the emergency Rental Assistance Program is successful. addressing the pandemic. Complicated from a regulatory and financial standpoint, but the new guidance makes it possible to see new public housing development in a way we havent seen in a little bit. Some of you may have heard that we are experiencing record volume on the production side, there is in fact, what we call a queue set of properties waiting to get assigned for underwriting. He is best known for writing the 2003 Will Ferrell Christmas comedy classic, "Elf".He also wrote "The Haunted Mansion" for Disney, based off the famous theme park ride; the film starred Eddie Murphy. And in thinking about both the formal eviction and the informal evictions that Ethan mentioned. So its not the rent in the metro Boston area, which is a big place, right? Im sure you all do too. And Ill tell you a bit about their team and the objectives under the Office of housing counseling. - Own and curate training platform to ensure employees stay up on trending topics. CPG Brand Equity Development, Consulting, Master-Broker of National Marketing & Sales. And so really, whats that whats great about this is were trying to address the whole continuum of housing need for people with these resources. It is unacceptable, as well, if we look at homeownership in the nation, just proportionally consumers who are not taking advantage of in fact the opportunity for forbearance in the FHA loan program and conventional loan programs. It has served a powerful tool to keep people housed at a time when it was for public health reasons, essentially, to keep people housed. And I assure you that the Office of housing counseling team is excited to be doing that and will remain available to each of you. So Im not going to speak for them, but their their limitations are comparable. This is part of our commitment to working with you. Weve already started, for example, with the CFPB. But again, HUD is at Treasurys right hand to help them implement those resources on tribal lands correctly. It may be a viable alternative. So a property comes to its lender, the lender goes either to FHA, or to Fannie or Freddie and says, Hey, were having trouble paying our debt, we need forbearance. Check Mr. David Berenbaum's office address in Fair Lawn, NJ and make an appointment. And weve got to think about how do we help the Vout? Join Facebook to connect with David Berenbaum and others you may know. Terrific team. We pray that God will guide him as he helps create more housing opportunities in this country. And Im going to set the stage for this conversation by introducing todays presenters will first be joined and hear remarks from former NCRC COO and current deputy assistant secretary David Berenbaum. This is this is highlighted by $40 billion to public housing, to help to help people to help renovate and modernize public housing in a way that we hope will also be sustainable for the future and leveraging some of the tools and from the multifamily side like the rental assistance demonstration initiative to be able to bring in private resources to leverage that $40 billion and make it make it much, much more. Explore featured publications and browse regulations, policy guidance, toolkits, and other resources. His depth of knowledge on a panoply of community development issues ranging from housing finance to CRA position him well for leading the Office of Housing Counseling and enhancing HUDs housing counseling programs. A lot of people question the role of housing counseling groups as apart from educational efforts, the budget and financial health component of the work, the end of workup that housing counselors do is critical at this moment in time. Her responsibilities include improving policy and practices related to the departments rental subsidy and supply programs. I am confident that housing counseling agencies nationwide will meet and exceed the required August 1, 2021 deadline. And one of our focuses, particularly right now, as we see the number of consumers who are in rental situations, asking for housing counseling assistance increasing and disproportionately increasing among low to moderate income consumers, African American, Latinos and Asian populations is to focus in on this issue. Its the rent in this neighborhood, this zip code, so that in higher cost places, the voucher is able to travel a little farther, we are still looking and thinking through what that would mean in a project based sense. You start to see people just leaving in the middle of the night, or getting kicked out under cover of darkness. Medical Group Practice Practice Locations 33-11 Broadway Fair Lawn, NJ 07410-4634 Phone: (201) 791-6351 Fax: (201) 791-6007 Office Hours: Monday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Tuesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Wednesday: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM And the key piece of these increases will be making sure that the services and supports that family needs the families need, like like the family self sufficiency program, and others, and housing counseling services to help them get into the house, homeownership market, or should be there as well for these families. Prior to joining HUD, Ethan was the Senior Policy Analyst at the Federal Housing Finance Agency in the Office of Housing and Community Investment. And I would just add real quick to build on my colleagues remarks that when were thinking about the impact of the eviction moratorium, it is primarily aimed at renters. And they are very concerned that they are not seeing an adequate response from not only African American and Asian Pan Pacific and Latino communities. penning the sequel to Mrs. Doubtfire. Im really excited to hear you mentioned one in which the role that counselors can support helping communities get vaccinated. Terrific team. Finally, I would just say that while these are all the things that are been proposed and are out in the world, there are other things that are high priorities for the secretary, particularly in the space of wealth building and savings building for families who are and helping families get become homeowners, but and helping renters build savings and credit. More significantly on an interagency basis, I think counselors can expect to see more programming. Stakeholders will learn how their organizations can support the Biden Administrations aim to Build Back Better. The reverse mortgage product for many seniors for many elders, is going to be a viable alternative to really living in a very cash poor environments. There he wrote the amendments to the housing goals for the Federal Home Loan Banks and worked on the duty to program and other affordable housing policies. I mean, of course, Id be remiss in saying that our panelists, todays are certainly friends, allies and veterans in our housing community, and so we appreciate hearing from you all and providing the great key position spective of whats happening at HUD and how we can support again this administrations objectives. Joining David today is also going to be Ethan Handelman. Where can this information be found? Or before that when I was in consulting, watching it as a tool for transforming properties that are under older or different subsidy arrangements into new project based rental assistance, easily financeable newly recapitalized properties. David Berenbaum Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Washington DC-Baltimore Area 4K followers 500+ connections Join to follow. Approximately 2.6 million families find housing in the multi families portfolio of 30,000 over 30,000 properties. They work out an agreement thats generally signed between the lender and the property owner that says, the lender will forbear on collecting the debt service payments, the owner will agree to certain things in that list of things the owner agrees to is not evicting people. Other David Berenbaum (10) Contact Info. Berenbaum explained that he had originally written the script in 1996 before he even knew who Will Ferrellwas. Because we firmly believe that Moving to Opportunity means intergenerational intergenerational wealth that comes about through homeownership. Theyare lightly edited for style and clarity. Even just today, I think everyone is aware of the Federal Circuit Court decision and the District of Columbia, which invalidated as an overreach, the eviction prohibitions right now the moratoria as an overreach from the CDC. Find answers to frequently asked questions. Those are always fun. They have also lived in West Hollywood, CA and Sherman Oaks, CA. David is responsible for implementing NCRC's legislative, research, compliance, community lending, minority business and civil rights programs. Great, thank you. The character, he says, was written for a very innocent guy. And I wish John a heartfelt Good luck in all of his future endeavors. And then eviction prevention and emergency rental assistance. But we have clear challenges ahead. My email is: David.L.Berenbaum@HUD.gov. By current estimates, housing counseling agencies will have served approximately one million clients during FY 2020. Congratulations, its really professionalizing our movement, and were going to continue to do everything we can to offer support for others to pass the exam by August 1, as well as to market your role as housing professionals in the greater economy. So I will go and post it there. Contact ABOUT. Find award and allocation amounts for grantees by year, program, and state. And it would be simple if in fact, despite all the challenges were facing, consumers dont tap into the safety net. We will now transition into our question and answer segment of todays panel. Sincerely, David Berenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing Counseling Tags: Housing Counseling Program And what you see isnt that no one gets evicted, what you start to see and I have observed this in Ireland two years ago, whether eviction courts werent functioning, you start to see informal evictions. Theres a question about whats the breakdown on the 5 billion homelessness assistance? But we have other issues we need to be examining. So I hope that you have been excited by the things that youve seen from the Biden Harris administration. Author of the Shalom Budweiser Whazzup ads spoof short film. Some of it is about the new investments from the American rescue plan and the American jobs plan that are going to flow in. Its not just helping in crisis, its also getting a family back to that good place where they can be in a more normal financial environment overall. And I dont want to I cant leave without talking about the rental assistance proposals that the President plans to be put forward. Its critically important. And thats a product just of our business model and the economic environment were in. And thats not good for anyone. Were a federally backed multifamily insurance program, which is great, right federal backing is one of the best ways to do this sort of business.
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