President Trump signed the “Family Self-Sufficiency Act” into law on May 24. The Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Act was included in a larger deregulation bill (S. 2155) that passed the House on May 22…
After House passage of the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act” (S. 2155) on May 22 by a vote of 258-159, President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on May 24. The…
Resident Handbook: A Guide to NYCHA RAD Conversion was published to help residents of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) understand and influence the Rental Assistance Demonstration (…
Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Policy & Communications Committee (DPCC) Co-Chair Hakeem Jeffries, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), and Boston Mayor…
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (IG) found that the Spokane Housing Authority failed to follow the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) permanent relocation requirements when converting the 50-…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) will conduct a training to prevent sexual and other discriminatory harassment. The training will explain how sexual harassment violates the Fair…
The Vera Institute of Justice is requesting proposals from public housing authorities (PHA) that would benefit from technical assistance to plan and implement reentry programs for people leaving…
The Senate Banking Committee approved the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act” (S. 2155) on December 5. The bill includes provisions that would undermine the physical…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson describing the many problems residents of public housing have encountered when their developments are scheduled to…
The House Financial Services Committee held an oversight hearing on October 12 to discuss current HUD activities and programming with HUD Secretary Ben Carson. Dr. Carson defended the administration’…
Five former public housing residents settled fair housing complaints they filed with HUD related to the privatization and redevelopment of their Hopewell, VA public housing complex under the Rental…
Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY) introduced H.R. 3215 on July 12 to increase funding for the Public Housing Capital Fund to $5 billion annually, including $600 million each year to reduce lead…
