Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – June 28, 2021
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition convenes and supports disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households, including the…
House Budget Committee Holds Hearing on President’s FY22 Budget Request for HUD
The House Budget Committee held a hearing on June 23 to discuss the president’s fiscal year 2022 (FY22) budget request for HUD. HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge served as the hearing’s sole witness. In her…
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Holds Hearing on Bipartisan Bills to Increase Access to Housing
The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee (BHUA) held a June 25 hearing on “Examining Bipartisan Bills to Increase Access to Housing.” The hearing address numerous bipartisan bills…
Senator Young Reintroduces Bipartisan Bill to Establish Housing Affordability Task Force
Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Angus King (I-ME), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Kennedy (R-LA), and Jon Tester (D-MT) reintroduced on June 23 the “Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable …
House Committee Members Express Frustration at Hearing with FEMA Administrator
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for the first…
HUD Publishes Proposed Rule to Reinstate 2013 Disparate Impact Rule
HUD’s proposed rule reinstating the 2013 Disparate Impact Rule was published in the Federal Register on June 25. The rule will recodify the 2013 rule’s discriminatory effects standard, removing most…
HUD Secretary Fudge Outlines Actions to Address Housing Needs of People Returning from the Criminal-Legal System
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge sent a letter on June 23 to entities participating in various HUD programs emphasizing that people returning to the community from the criminal-legal system who are at risk…
HUD PIH Extends Date for PHAs to Apply for Landlord-Incentive MTW Cohort
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2021-19 on June 17 extending until October 15 the deadline for public housing agencies (PHAs) to apply to participate in the Landlord…
President Biden Replaces Mark Calabria as FHFA Director, Names Sandra Thompson Interim Director
The Supreme Court ruled on June 23 that the leadership structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is unconstitutional because the authorizing statute wrongfully limited the president’s…
Bipartisan Eviction-Prevention Legislation Reintroduced in Senate
Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH), along with Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Todd Young (R-IN), reintroduced the “Eviction Crisis Act” on June 24. The bill would create new tools…
Terner Center Report Shows Increase in Rent Arrears Among Affordable Housing Renters
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California at Berkeley published a report, “Paying the Rent in a Pandemic: Recent Trends in Rent Payments Among Affordable Housing…