http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/ http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/view.php?news_id=725 As you may know, HB60, the state housing trust fund bill, was scheduled for a vote in the House this week. Here's the latest news. http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/view.php?news_id=724 Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley, Inc. is seeking a Director of Capital Development. http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/view.php?news_id=723 NACEDA's Managing Neighborhood Change (MNC) Initiative is now accepting submissions for the fourth and final Collaborative Competition: Ensuring Equitable Neighborhood Revitalization. The goal of this competition is to collect a diverse set of innovative approaches, strategies, or projects that preserve affordable housing, prevent involuntary displacement and build economic resources for residents in communities across the United States. http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/view.php?news_id=722 The deadline for voter registration is April 19, 2010, so it's time to get started registering new voters. Vote for Homes! is a NONPARTISAN coalition registering thousands of people who are people who are living on low-incomes, including those who are homeless, living with disabilities, or ex-offenders. http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/view.php?news_id=721 A major state public jobs program has been announced by the PA Labor and Industry and Public Welfare Departments. Up to 20,000 unemployed Pennsylvanians will be hired using federal stimulus funds. Slots will be in non-profit, public sector, or private sector jobs and all wages will be paid by the state of Pennsylvania. People on unemployment, food stamps or welfare are eligible for the jobs. http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/view.php?news_id=720 Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced March 1 that applications are being accepted to provide affordable rental housing to rural residents through the Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program. http://www.housingalliancepa.org/news/view.php?news_id=719 On Wednesday, March 3, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan calling on them to expand the recently announced foreclosure assistance program to include Pennsylvania and other states. Though modeled on Pennsylvania's HEMAP, PA is not designated to receive any funding from the program.