The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through January 2022. An additional $1.9 billion of ERA funds were spent in January, down…
Representatives of the housing sector, including NLIHC, sent a letter to President Biden on March 9 asking that he convene a President’s Council on Housing Affordability. The letter – cosigned by…
Join today’s (March 14) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET. We will discuss the fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill and its implications for affordable housing, as well as the…
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 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…
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…
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 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’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…
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,”…
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…
Housing Policy Debate published a report, “Rental Affordability, Coping Strategies, and Impacts in Diverse Immigrant Communities,” examining how rental affordability pressures impact financial,…