HUD PIH Updates Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) updated its “Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit” on June 2. The 10-part toolkit has been updated (see Memo, 7/13/20) with new information and…
HUD PIH Updates CDC Eviction Moratorium FAQs
HUD posted updates on May 26 to its “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Eviction Moratorium FAQs for HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH).” The previous update was issued on…
HUD PIH Withdraws MTW Work Requirement Cohort
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) sent an email to stakeholders on May 21 stating that PIH was rescinding Notice PIH 2021-02, the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration expansion selection…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 26, Issue 20
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HUD PIH Posts FAQs Regarding Public Housing and Voucher Households Receiving Emergency Rental Assistance
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted “Frequently Asked Questions on the U.S. Treasury’s Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) and Other Rental Assistance Programs” addressing nine…
Senators Young and Schatz Reintroduce the “Yes in My Backyard Act”
Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) on May 13 reintroduced the “Yes in My Backyard Act (YIMBY),” which aims to increase transparency and encourage affordable housing development in…
HUD PIH Issues Updated Tenant Participation Fund Guidance
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2021-16, updating guidance on the use of the $25 per occupied unit Tenant Participation Fund. This notice supersedes Notice PIH 2013-…
HUD PIH Announces Cohort 2 of Moving to Work Demonstration Expansion
HUD’s Office of Public Housing (PIH) informed stakeholders on May 7 that ten public housing agencies (PHAs) were selected to participate in Cohort 2 (Alternative Rent Policies) of the Moving to Work…
HUD REAC Physical Inspections to Resume for Public Housing and Multifamily Housing
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge announced on April 23 that HUD will resume physical inspections on June 1 for public housing and multifamily housing. Guidance in the form of Inspector Notice No. 2021-01…
HUD PIH Issues Notice Providing Public Housing Operating Fund Shortfall Funding
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH-2021-12, making a $25 million public housing Operating Fund set-aside available to public housing agencies (PHAs) experiencing a…
Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez Reintroduce “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act”
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reintroduced on April 19 the “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act,” which would create new HUD grant programs to…