HUD Issues Notice Urging Installation of CO Detectors in HUD-assisted Housing
HUD issued a joint Notice regarding the installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors in HUD-assisted housing. The Notice reminds owners, managers, and agents of most HUD-assisted housing that they…
April 22, 2019NLIHC Modifies Preliminary Summary of HUD’s Proposed Section 3 Rule
HUD published the long-awaited update to the 1994 interim Section 3 rule on April 4 (see Memo, 4/8). NLIHC prepared a comprehensive preliminary summary and initial analysis of those proposed changes…
April 22, 2019NLIHC and Partners Submit Comments on Proposed LIHTC Data Collection Forms
NLIHC, the Public and Assisted Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), and Regional Housing Legal Services (RHLS) submitted comments on April 11 to HUD…
April 22, 2019HUD Requests Public Input on How to Maximize Opportunity-Zone Impacts
HUD published a notice in the Federal Register on April 17, seeking public suggestions on how HUD could use its existing authorities to maximize Opportunity-Zones benefits for residents and their…
April 22, 2019HUD Posts FY19 Housing Trust Fund Allocations
HUD posted national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocations for FY19 on April 16. An Excel document shows the FY19 HTF allocation for each state, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories. The Federal Housing…
April 22, 2019Now is the Time to Organize an Event in Your Community: Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action is Less Than Six Weeks Away!
Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action 2019 is taking place from May 30 to June 5, which is only six weeks away! Now is the perfect time to begin planning an event in your community.…
April 22, 2019Take Action: Tell Congress to Pass Robust Disaster Aid Package
Congress needs to hear from you! Please contact your senators and representatives and urge them to immediately pass a robust disaster aid package that includes funding for all impacted areas. Despite…
April 22, 2019Natural Disasters Are Severely Detrimental to Residents’ Financial Health
The Urban Institute released a report, Insult to Injury: Natural Disasters and Residents’ Financial Health, showing natural disasters often widen existing inequalities and harm residents’ financial…
April 22, 2019Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 22, 2019
The following is a review of disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 4/15). General Resources and…
April 22, 2019Case Study of Chicago’s Public Housing Work Requirements Finds No Link to Self-Sufficiency
An Urban Institute report, Public Housing Work Requirements: Case Study on the Chicago Housing Authority, used Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) administrative data and information from 24 interviews…
April 22, 2019Fact of the Week: Significantly Higher Percentages of Native Americans, Blacks, and Hispanics Have Extremely Low-Incomes Than Do Whites
Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data. NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, 2019.
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