Housing Instability & Homelessness

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House Subcommittee Discusses Ways to Improve HUD-VASH

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on January 14 held a hearing about “Making HUD-VASH Work for all Veteran Communities” on how to make the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program more effective. The hearing included two panels of witnesses: the first…

Senator Brown and Representative Waters Criticize HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule

Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) each issued statements on January 8 condemning the Trump administration’s proposal to replace the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. Both…

House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Affordable Housing Crisis

The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on January 14 at 10:00 a.m. ET, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America Is Leaving Families Vulnerable.” The hearing will be held in 2128 Rayburn Office Building. Witnesses are…

HUD Releases 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress

HUD released The 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR), Part 1, which provides estimates of homelessness in the U.S. The 2019 report estimates 568,000 people were experiencing homelessness in January 2019, which reflects a 3% increase since 2018 but a 12% decrease since 2007. Although the…