Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the “Public Housing Fire Safety Act” (S.3090) on December 18. If enacted, the bill would create a $25 million competitive grant program…
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) posted two new features on the website of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) demonstration, both in response to…
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced on November 18 that she will introduce a Senate companion bill to Representative Nydia Velazquez’s (D-NY) “Public Housing Emergency Response Act” (H.R. 4546…
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on November 18 urging HUD to…
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced on November 21, the “Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019” (H.R.5187) to invest more…
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced on November 20 the “Homes for All Act” that would invest $1 trillion to create 9.5 million new public housing apartments and 2.5 million deeply affordable…
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced on November 14 the “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act,” (S. 2876) which would create new HUD grant…
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD’s proposed changes to the regulations for the public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, and Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs implementing income…
