President-elect Trump to Nominate Ben Carson as HUD Secretary
Dr. Ben Carson speaks with a reporter in Des Moines, Iowa. President-elect Trump announced on December 5 that he will nominate Dr. Ben Carson as the new secretary of the Department of Housing and…
New CPD Monitoring Pages on HUD Exchange
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) recently launched a new HUD Exchange webpage, “Monitoring for CPD Programs.” While the purpose of the webpage is to provide information to CPD…
HUD Issues Final Rule on Housing Protections for Survivors of Domestic Violence
HUD published on October 24 the final regulations implementing housing protections included in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA). The final rule includes core protections…
HUD Releases New Data on Homelessness
HUD released The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: Part 2 - Estimates of Homelessness in the United States on October 26. The report expands upon the findings presented in…
HUD Issues New Elevation Standards to Protect HUD-Supported Properties from Flooding
HUD proposed new elevation standards for all HUD-supported properties on October 27. HUD is updating the standards for the first time in nearly four decades to establish higher elevation requirements…
HUD Designates Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2017
HUD published in the Federal Register on October 17 its list of 2017 Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs), which are used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC…
Recommendations for Serving Homeless Individuals and Families in Disasters
A report released by HUD titled Send Red, Not Blue: The Homeless Resident provides recommendations to improve coordination between homeless services providers, disaster preparedness planners, and…
HUD Secretary Castro Discusses Lead Exposure in Low Income Communities
The Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted a discussion on July 20 on the impacts of lead exposure in low income communities across the U.S. and on federal and local solutions to the problem.…
HUD and Comcast to Expand Broadband Access to Low Income HUD Tenants
HUD and Comcast announced an initiative on July 15 to provide broadband access to families living in HUD-assisted housing in 40 states across the nation. The effort scales up ConnectHome, a…
HUD Proposes New Voucher Administrative Fee Formula
HUD has proposed a new formula for determining the amount of funding that a public housing agency (PHA) receives to administer the Housing Choice voucher program. The new formula would be based on…
HUD Announces Members of MTW Advisory Committee
Fifteen individuals were selected to serve as members of the new Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration Advisory Committee. The “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016” requires HUD to establish a…