HUD Finds Texas Discriminated Against People of Color When Distributing Disaster Assistance
HUD’s Region VI Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity announced on March 8 that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) discriminated against communities of color in Southeast Texas when…
House Democrats Remove COVID-19 Aid from FY22 Spending Bill, Leave Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Untouched
House Democrats removed plans to include $15.6 billion for COVID-19 aid in the omnibus package for fiscal year (FY) 2022 after multiple rank-and-file lawmakers expressed outrage that $7 billion of…
Coronavirus Updates – March 14, 2022
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD announced on March 4 that it is awarding over $2.4 million in “American Rescue Plan Act” funding to 11 HUD Fair Housing…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – March 14, 2022
Flooding BuzzFeed News examines the growing risk of basement flooding as the shortage of affordable housing pushes more renters below ground. Officials across the country are looking to convert more…
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 Office of Multifamily Programs Reminds Owners About Obligations to Residents as Utility Costs Rise
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with owners of private properties assisted with Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), distributed a flyer in…
House Financial Services Committee Holds Hearing on Rising Inflation
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) held a hearing on March 8, “The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19,”…
New Podcast Episode on Building Multi-Sector Partnerships in North Carolina
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released a new podcast episode, “Building Multi-Sector Partnerships in North Carolina.” The episode explores the work of the campaign’s state-based affiliates…
Immigrant Communities Face Financial, Health, and Social Hardships Due to Rental Unaffordability
Housing Policy Debate published a report, “Rental Affordability, Coping Strategies, and Impacts in Diverse Immigrant Communities,” examining how rental affordability pressures impact financial,…
Report Finds 6.8 Million Households Experience Accessibility Challenges in Their Homes
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) released a new report, “How Well Does the Housing Stock Meet Accessibility Needs? An Analysis of the 2019 American Housing Survey.”…
Fact of the Week: Common Challenges Faced by Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
Source: Housing Initiative at Penn and National Low Income Housing Coalition. Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) during the Pandemic: Implications for the Design of Permanent ERA Programs. March…