Posts

Showing posts from September 6, 2018

CPD Funding Matrix and Dashboard Reports Posted

Image
The CPD Funding Matrix and Dashboard Reports , as of September 4, 2018, have been posted to HUD Exchange. These reports provide funding information for each city and state that receive CPD program funds, including Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Continuum of Care (CoC), Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG), HOME, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), and Housing Trust Fund (HTF). Reports detail the size of each grant received over the past several years, as well as the total amount of funds currently available to be spent on affordable housing and community and economic development activities. CPD Funding Matrix Note: Based on the requirement that a grantee uses the adjusted ratio for determining its compliance with the CDBG timeliness standard of having no more than 1.5 times its annual allocation in its adjusted line of credit balance 60 days prior to the end of its current program year, HUD is in the process of updating the CDBG recapture risk col

ServicePoint ART + Java Update

Mozilla is about to switch over to supporting only Version 60 of Firefox ESR. Version 60 does not support the Java plug-in and they will no longer support V52 which did support the Java plug-in. Per the Mozilla blog: "ESR 52 will be the last ESR release that supports legacy add-ons. Support for ESR 52 officially ends on August 2018." The Java plug-in is considered a legacy add-on by Mozilla. Going forward, the only browser that supports the editing of ART reports is the current version of Internet Explorer 11. Internet Explorer 11 also does not support old versions of Java, i.e. version 7. We recommend the below steps to enable the ability to continue editing ART reports for adhoc users: 1) Uninstall Java 7 from the computer 2) Download and install Java 8 32-bit edition (current version) from Java website 3) Reboot Computer 4) Open Windows Control Panel 5) Double-left-click on Java icon 6) Left-click on "Security" tab 7) Set security level to "Hig