Memo to Members

Memo: Point of View: Dissatisfied; New HTF Bill; OSAH Hill and Press Club Events; and More

Yesterday we as a nation honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As I do every year, I reflected on his work, his words, and what they require of us. What better way to honor Dr. King than continuing his…

Representative Denny Heck (WA-10) introduced legislation on January 14 to expand the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), with Representatives Clay (MO-01), Blumenauer (OR-03), and Perlmutter (CO-07)…

The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) multi-sector affordable homes campaign hosted a congressional briefing on Capitol Hill on January 14 to discuss two major bipartisan housing bills recently…

The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) multi-sector affordable homes campaign hosted a panel discussion at the National Press Club on January 16 to discuss the need to prioritize housing affordability…

The Trump administration published in the Federal Register on January 14 a proposed rule that would reverse efforts to undo historic and ongoing patterns of housing discrimination and segregation…

The House Financial Services Committee held a full committee hearing on January 14, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America is Leaving…

The House of Representatives passed on January 15 the “Veteran HOUSE Act of 2020” (H.R. 2398) by a vote of 362-31. The bill would allow chronically homeless veterans who have received “other than…

Four key congressional leaders – Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) – sent a letter on January 10 to Robert Marbut…

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced on January 16 a bill, the “Public Housing Emergency Response Act,” that is a companion to a House version introduced by Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY…

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…

HUD has added training and resource webpages with information about federal lead regulations and the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) Amendment for pre-1978 housing on its website. The goal of these …