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…
Representatives Pressley, DeLauro, and Bush Introduce Bill to Protect Families Facing Eviction
Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rose DeLauro (D-CT), and Cori Bush (D-MO) introduced the “Housing Emergencies Lifeline Program (HELP) Act” on February 10. The bill would ban credit…
Senators Introduce Bipartisan VAWA Reauthorization Bill
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a bipartisan bill on February 9 to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).…
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on Tenant Experiences with Corporate Landlords and Private Equity Owners
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a panel listening session on February 8 addressing renters’ experiences with large corporate landlords and private equity firms.…
House Passes Third Continuing Resolution as Congressional Appropriators Strike Topline Funding Deal for FY2022
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on February 8 to enact another continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the federal government through March 11 and buy lawmakers extra time to enact an…
HUD Releases 2021 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report
HUD released the 2021 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) on February 4. A yearly report examining the prevalence of homelessness in the United States, AHAR typically provides information on…
HUD SNAPS Postpones ESG-CV Recapture for Jurisdictions Not Meeting 80% Expenditure Deadline
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Programs (SNAPS) sent a message to jurisdictions receiving Emergency Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) supplemental funds provided by the “CARES Act.” The message…
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.…
Coronavirus Updates – February 14, 2022
State and Local News Arizona For the first time since February 2020, more than 5,000 evictions were filed in January in Maricopa County. Eviction filings have slowly increased since the federal…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – February 14, 2022
FEMA FEMA has updated its “shelter locator” texting feature. The feature allows users to retrieve a list of nearby shelter locations by texting “shelter” and their ZIP code to 43362. The feature is…
Campaign Partners Sign Letter to Congress Urging Major Expansion of Rental Assistance in FY22 Spending Bill
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign sent a letter to appropriators urging them to include a House proposal to expand Housing Choice Vouchers to an additional 125,000 households in the…