President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on December 12 establishing the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, to be chaired by HUD Secretary Ben Carson. The primary purpose of…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2018-19 providing guidance on the minimum heating requirements in public housing required by the “Housing Opportunity Through…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on October 30 that examined the processes for referring cases of potential noncompliance to HUD’s Departmental Enforcement Center (DEC).…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on a recent HUD Inspector General (IG) report on HUD’s oversight of the Alexander County Housing Authority (ACHA) in…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a draft version of a forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing to change the criteria used by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance will hold a hearing on the cost of regulations on affordable multifamily development. The hearing will take place on September 5 at…
HUD has posted a new list of Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) applications under review or pending. HUD will no longer publish the RAD Waitlist because 455,000 public housing units may now be…
Public housing agencies (PHAs) were required to implement smoke-free policies by July 31. A final rule published on December 5, 2016, required PHAs to design and implement policies prohibiting the…
HUD published a Federal Register notice on July 26 announcing the method it will use to determine the over-income limit of 120% of the area median income (AMI) as required by the “Housing Opportunity…
The “Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2017” (H.R.435), introduced by Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), passed in the House of Representatives on June 25. The bill would allow public housing…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the federal government’s approach to lead-based paint and mold remediation in public and subsidized housing. The hearing will…
