RADblasts! and Press Releases
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Current RADBlast!
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The RADBlast! is an electronic communication sent to subscribers of our mailing list which includes, public housing agencies (PHAs), Multifamily owners, lenders, investors, and other development partners who are participants in the RAD program. The "blasts" are sent periodically with updates of information on key program news and special events. RADblasts! through the current year are listed below. To receive future RADBlast! communications, sign up here. Also available on this page are the press releases on RAD project closings highlighting key benefits of projects completing a RAD conversion.
Highlights!
- New Press Releases:
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HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Transaction in South San Francisco, CA, to Preserve 40 Affordable Rental Homes for Seniors (January 30, 2023)
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HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration in New Haven, CT as a Step in Plan to Preserve 110 Affordable Rental Homes (January 11, 2023)
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HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion in Albany, NY to Facilitate Creation and Rehabilitation of 88 Affordable Rental Homes. (January 9, 2023)
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HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion in Boston, MA, to Preserve 445 Affordable Rental Homes (January 6, 2023)
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- Check out the current RADBlast! and read more about these topics: Updated RAD Contracts Rents Now Available and RAD Across the Country. (December 5, 2022)
- With one year of HUD’s Faircloth-to-RAD initiative, Public Housing Authorities across the country are already creating nearly 1,850 new affordable housing units for some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations through this innovative program. (May 3, 2022)
RADblasts!
- December 5, 2022: Updated RAD Contracts Rents Now Available and RAD Across the Country
- November 10, 2022: RAD Section 811 and 202 Feedback; RAD Resident Fact Sheets Now Available in Spanish, and Recent RAD Closings in Your Community.
- July 13, 2022: Full RAD Portfolio Conversion in Knoxville, TN, Portfolio Conversions Across America, Choice Neighborhood Planning Grants Application, and Recent RAD Closings in Your Community
- May 31,2022: Transformation at Jordan Downs in Los Angeles, CA, RAD and Section 18 Blends - at Jordan Downs and Nationwide, End of Year Closing Deadlines, and RAD's Recent Closings.
- April 14, 2022: RAD Furthers Access to Opportunity through Transfers of Assistance, Transfers of Assistance in Action – Deconcentration of Poverty in Fort Worth, TX, RAD in the Budget, and RAD's Recent Closings
- December 16, 2021: New Educational Video for Public Housing Resident, A Public Housing Transformation in Rock Island, IL
- November 16, 2021: First Faircloth to RAD Under Construction, RAD Data Dashboard and New Upgrades & Tools
- September 21, 2021: New RAD Case Study, Responding to Residents, Section 18 Blends and New Updated RAD Form Contracts
- May 25, 2021: Repositioning Guides, RAD Forms, RAD in Spokane
- April 13, 2021: Executive Director Q&A: Ann Arbor Housing Commission, Ann Arbor, MI
- April 8, 2021: New Faircloth-to-RAD Option for PHAs to Create New Deeply Affordable Housing
- March 30, 2021: New Section 3 Rule in RAD Public Housing Conversions
- February 22, 2021: Executive Director Q&A: Lavonia Housing Authority in Lavonia, GA
- February 5, 2021: RAD & Section 18 Blend Expansion and Spotlight on The Lansing Housing Commission
Archived RADblasts!
RAD Closing Press Releases
- HUD Preserves 87 Affordable Rental Homes Through Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion with the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock (November 18, 2022)
- HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Transaction with the Housing Authority of Joliet, Illinois to Preserve 113 Homes for Low-Income Seniors (November 8, 2022)
- HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion in Cookeville, TN, to Support 48 New Affordable Rental Homes (October 6, 2022)
- HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion Transaction with Franklin Housing Authority in Franklin, Tennessee to Build 76 New Construction Affordable Homes (August 25, 2022)
- HUD Closes $33.3 Million Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion with Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, Preserving 114 Affordable Rental Homes at the Village at Castleberry Hill Site (August 3, 2022)
- HUD Closes $26 Million Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion with Philadelphia Housing Authority to Create 58 Newly Constructed Affordable Homes (July 6, 2022)
- HUD Closes $39.8 Million Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion Transaction to Preserve 299 Affordable Housing Unis in Salt Lake County, UT (July 5, 2022)
- HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion Transaction as Part of a Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan in Baltimore, MD (June 30, 2022)
HUD Closes Rental Assistance Demonstration Conversion with Miami-Dade County Public Housing & Community Development to Renovate Senior Community of 240 Homes at Haley Sofge, (June 30, 2022) - HUD closes RAD conversion transaction with the Virgin Islands Housing Authority to rehabilitate affordable homes in St. Croix. (June 21, 2022)
- HUD closes $16 Million RAD conversion transaction with the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) to build and preserve 150 homes at Post Oak Station (June 21, 2022)
- With one year of HUD’s Faircloth-to-RAD initiative, Public Housing Authorities across the country are already creating nearly 1,850 new affordable housing units for some of the nation’s most vulnerable populations through this innovative program. (May 3, 2022)
- HUD Closes RAD Conversion Transaction with the Housing Authority of the City of Tampa Florida, to build 196 deep affordable rental homes. (April 18, 2022)
- HUD Closes RAD Transaction with the Housing Authority of Duluth, MN, to preserve 387 homes for low-income iron range families. (March 28, 2022)
- District of Columbia Housing Authority Begins Its First Faircloth-To-RAD Redevelopment of 166 Affordable Homes at Kenilworth Court. (March 18, 2022)
- HUD Closes RAD Transaction with the Housing Authority of Kansas City Missouri to create a mixed-income community of 62 homes at Sam Rodgers Place. (March 7, 2022)
- HUD Closes RAD Conversion Transaction with the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority to preserve 174 deeply affordable senior rental homes in Ohio. (March 1, 2022)
- HUD Closes RAD Transaction with the Housing Authority of the City of Wilson, NC to Build 32 New Construction Affordable Rental Homes to Relocate People Impacted by Hurricane Matthew." (February 23, 2022)