Housing and Urban Development

Memo: Stopgap Spending Bill, CA Delegation Letter to Trump, Advocates’ Letters on HTF and CMF, and More

 Memo: Disaster Disparities (POV), NLIHC Membership Month Kicks Off, and More

More than two dozen members of Congress sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on August 21 urging him to release a Federal Register notice to trigger the release of desperately needed…

HUD announced in the August 30 Federal Register the publication of FY20 Fair Market Rents (FMRs). FMRs are used to determine payment standards for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV…

Join a Tweetstorm tomorrow, August 27, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET to #DefendCivilRights and encourage advocates to submit comments opposing HUD’s proposed changes to the Disparate Impact regulation.…

Memo: Another HUD Attack on Fair Housing, New Podcast with NY Times Reporter Emily Badger, and More

HUD published today its Disparate Impact proposed rule, the latest of HUD Secretary Carson’s efforts to gut fair housing protections. With this proposal, Secretary Carson would dismantle a…

HUD released its latest Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data on August 5. State and local governments use CHAS data to examine their housing needs, make spending decisions, and…

HUD is proposing drastic changes to the fair housing Disparate Impact rule that would make it far more difficult for people experiencing various forms of discrimination to challenge the practices of…

HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2019-20 announcing the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative. Depending on voucher availability, HUD will provide Tenant…

Originally published in The Washington Post, July 1, 2019 Local zoning laws prohibiting communities from building apartments exacerbate the housing crisis and maintain segregated communities. An…

Subject line:  Memo: This Is Our Moment