Memo to Members and Partners Articles
Senator and presidential candidate Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the “Ending Homelessness Act of 2019” (S. 2613) on October 16. Co-sponsored by Senators Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the bill would…
The final biennial budget passed by the Ohio Legislature on July 17 includes $5 million in new funding for the Ohio Housing Trust Fund. The $2.5 million for each year of the biennial falls short of the $8 million mark that advocates were seeking, but this new commitment of funds is the first since…
HUD formally published the 2019 national Housing Trust Fund allocations for the states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. territories on May 17. As previously reported, $248 million is available (see Memo, 2/19), an 8% decrease from the $267 million available in 2018, but significantly greater than 2017’s…
HUD posted national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocations for FY19 on April 16. An Excel document shows the FY19 HTF allocation for each state, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories. The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that $245 million is available for the HTF, which is a portion of the 4.2…