Memo to Members | Volume 28, Issue 4
Memo: Biden Admin Helps End Homelessness for Over 140,000 People Using Housing First Approach, and Much More
Solomon Greene and David Uejio Nominated to Key HUD Leadership Roles
President Joe Biden has nominated Solomon Greene and David Uejio to serve in key leadership roles at HUD. Mr. Greene was nominated to serve as assistant secretary of HUD’s Office of Policy…
HUD Announces Virtual Briefings on AFFH Rule
HUD announced three virtual briefings on the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing proposed rule, which will be released “imminently” (see Memo, 1/23). The briefings will summarize the main…
NLIHC Statement on HUD’s House America Initiative
Washington, D.C. – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) for…
Congress Expected to Pass Final FY23 Spending Bill with Increased Funding for Housing and Homelessness Programs
Congress Expected to Pass Final FY23 Spending Bill with Increased Funding for Housing and Homelessness Programs Congress is working to enact a final fiscal year (FY) 2023 omnibus spending bill…
NLIHC Statement on HUD’s New Disaster Housing Recovery Program to Address Homelessness
Washington, DC – The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced yesterday, the creation of the Rapid Unsheltered Survivor Housing (RUSH) program to help the lowest-income and…
HUD Highlights Important Milestone in the Emergency Housing Voucher Program
HUD published a fact sheet on October 13 announcing that over 35,000 households have leased their own housing through the $5 billion Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program established by the “…
HUD Awards More Than 19,000 New Housing Choice Vouchers in Historic Expansion of Vouchers
HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge announced on September 23 the awarding of more than 19,000 new Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) to nearly 2,000 public housing agencies (PHAs) across the country. This…
HOME Final Rule Retains Interim Rule Regarding Compliance with 24-Month Commitment Requirement
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OHAP) issued a final rule on September 22, implementing without change a December 2, 2016, interim rule that altered the method by which OAHP determines a…
HUD Releases Updated CHAS Data
HUD released its latest Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data on September 9. State and local governments use CHAS data to examine their housing needs, make spending decisions, and…
Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 27, Issue 37
Memo: Appropriations Negotiations Stall; Protecting Immigrant Families’ Access to Housing; Rural Housing Hearing; and More