Join Today’s “Tenant Talk Live” Webinar on Tenant Power in Action
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for tenant and resident leaders – today, April 3, at 6 pm ET. During our annual Housing Policy Forum, held on March 20-23…
More Than $37 Billion in ERA Funds Spent between January 2021 and December 2022
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released emergency rental assistance (ERA) spending and demographic data through December 2022. Since January 2021, over $22.7 billion of ERA1 has been…
Idaho Legislature Passes Bipartisan Bill to Require Reasonable Rental Fees
The Idaho state legislature passed a bipartisan bill, SB 1039, that will require any fees imposed on tenants to be reasonable and that will create greater transparency about fees. In addition to…
Restored 2013 Discriminatory Effects Rule Formally Published in Federal Register
A final rule, “Restoring HUD’s Discriminatory Effects Standard,” was formally published in the Federal Register on March 31. The final rule restores the 2013 discriminatory effects rule and rescinds…
NLIHC Provides Sample AFFH Comment Letter
NLIHC has prepared a sample comment letter for advocates who have not studied the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule to use in submitting comments regarding the rule. NLIHC…
HUD PIH Posts Housing Mobility Toolkit
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted a Housing Mobility Toolkit on HUD Exchange. The toolkit makes available materials that can be used by public housing agencies (PHAs) to design…
HUD OIG Issues Audit of Section Eight Management Assessment Program
HUD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued an audit, “HUD’s Section Eight Management Assessment Program,” on March 6 indicating that HUD has an opportunity to improve the Section Eight…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Issues Updated Rent Comparability Guidance in Chapter 9 of Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs has updated Chapter 9 of the Section 8 Renewal Policy Guidebook. A HUD media release states that the changes to the chapter – which deals with Rent…
HUD Issues Proposed NSPIRE Scoring Notice
HUD issued a notice regarding a proposed National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) physical inspection scoring and ranking methodology on March 28. The NSPIRE scoring…
NLIHC Joins Other Organizations in Letter Urging USDA Rural Housing Service to Strengthen Tenant Communication and Rights in USDA Properties
NLIHC joined the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) in submitting a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Housing Service regarding its…
Tornados Tear through Southeast; Focus Shifts from Search and Rescue to Recovery
A series of storms moving across the Southeastern U.S. produced several destructive tornados on the evening of March 24, killing 26 people. The damage was greatest in Mississippi, where an EF-4…