HUD Posts Emergency Housing Voucher How-To Guide for Public Housing Agencies
HUD has published a new guidebook, Emergency Housing Vouchers: A How-To Guide for Public Housing Agencies. The guidebook provides public housing agencies (PHAs), Continuums of Care (CoCs), and Victim…
HUD PIH Extends Deadline for PHAs to Seek Expedited Waivers for Public Housing and Vouchers to April 1
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2022-04 on March 3, extending to April 1 the deadline for public housing agencies (PHAs) to request expedited PIH review of certain…
Take Action on FY22 Appropriations and Build Back Better!
After spending the week in recess, members of Congress have returned to Washington and will make crucial decisions about what to include in the overdue appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2022…
HUD Posts Seven New RAD Factsheets for Residents
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization (Recap) posted an additional seven fact sheets addressing the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) and designed for public housing residents. The new fact sheets…
Federal Housing Agencies Promote Voting Rights and Access for HUD-Assisted Residents and Homeless Households
Four HUD offices sent materials on February 9 to providers of HUD-assisted housing to raise awareness of their residents’ right to access voter registration activities and to participate in the…
HUD PIH Restarts Public Housing Assessment Systems (PHAS)
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2022-02 informing public housing agencies (PHAs) that PIH will resume the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) on March 31, 2022.…
HUD Will Enforce Carbon Monoxide Alarm/Detector Installation in HUD-Assisted Housing
HUD issued joint Notice PIH 2022-01/H 2022-01/OLHCHH 2022-01 clarifying that it will enforce the requirement that HUD-assisted properties install carbon monoxide (CO) alarms or detectors by December…
HUD Reposts RAD Factsheets for Residents
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization (Recap) posted eight fact sheets designed for public housing residents about the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD). An additional seven fact sheets are still in…
HUD Announces PHAs Selected for Landlord Incentives Cohort of Moving to Work Demonstration Expansion
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) announced that 29 public housing agencies (PHAs) have been selected to participate in the Landlord Incentives Cohort (Cohort #4) of the Moving to Work…
NHLP Issues Reminder about Utility Allowances in HUD-Assisted Housing
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) has provided a reminder about utility allowances in federally subsidized housing, “Protect Subsidized Tenants from Rising Utility Costs.” The reminder…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel Statement on Critical Need to Pass Essential Affordable Housing Investments in “Build Back Better Act”
Washington, DC – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) urges Congress to pass the essential “Build Back Better Act” housing investments in any final reconciliation bill. As homelessness…