HUD Secretary Carson Testifies on HUD FY20 Budget
HUD Secretary Ben Carson testified on the Trump administration’s FY20 budget request before both the House and the Senate Appropriations Transportation-HUD (THUD) Subcommittees on April 3. Lawmakers…
HUD Proposes Major Changes to Section 3 Rule Regarding Employment Opportunities for Low-Income People
HUD published the long-awaited update to the 1994 interim Section 3 rule on April 4. Several potential improvements are proposed, such as using “labor hours worked” instead of “new hires” in many…
HUD Further Streamlines Process for Small PHAs to Convert Public Housing to Vouchers
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2019-05, further streamlining the process for a public housing agency (PHA) with fewer than 250 public housing units (“Small PHA”) to…
HUD REAC to Collect Information about Carbon Monoxide Detectors at Federally Assisted Housing
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) sent Inspector Notice No. 2019-01 to inspectors requiring them to collect information about carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in all federally assisted and…
HUD Announces Section 202 Capital Advance NOFA
HUD announced on April 4 that $50 million in Capital Advance funding is now available under the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program Capital Advance program. These are the first…
HUD Files Housing Discrimination Complaint against Facebook, Alleging Electronic Red Lining and Other Violations
HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) Anna Maria Farías filed a Charge of Discrimination against Facebook with HUD’s Office of Administrative Law Judges on March 28.…
HUD Finds Los Angeles Continues to Violate Housing Accessibility Laws for People with Disabilities
HUD issued a Supplemental Letter of Findings to the City of Los Angeles on April 1 detailing the City’s ongoing failure to provide accessible housing for low-income people with disabilities. The…
Letter Urges HUD to Require Carbon Monoxide Detectors at All HUD-Assisted Housing
NLIHC and other organizations sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson urging him to require carbon monoxide detectors at all HUD-assisted housing. The letter calls on the HUD secretary to…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 9
Memo: Housing Policy Forum, Fair Housing, Section 3, and More
Proposed Section 3 Rule Clears OIRA Review, Moves to HUD
A proposed rule to streamline the Section 3 regulations has cleared review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The proposed rule…
Draft RAD for PRACs Notice Published for Feedback
HUD’ Office Recapitalization published for public review and comment, a draft Section IV of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Notice. (It will revise Notice PIH-2012-32/H-2017-03 REV 3,…