Memo to Members and Partners Articles
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) posted a notice in the Federal Register on April 26 inviting public comment about the January 30, 2015 Interim Final Rule implementing the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). In the preamble to the Interim Rule, CPD stated its intention to…
Representative Norma Torres (D-CA) led 15 of her House colleagues in re-introducing on March 29 the “Keep Your Home and Prevent Homelessness Act” (H.R. 2292). If enacted, the bill would amend the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” to authorize the use of funding for the Troubled Assets…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a 2021 allocation of $711 million for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) – more than double last year’s allocation. After a sequestration factor is applied to the HTF, approximately $689.7 million will be available for states and territories…
Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee released on October 22 a report calling for the streamlining of “duplicative” HUD housing programs. The report proposes “merging programs,” claiming that doing so would extend funding for housing programs and ultimately serve more people.
The report’s…