Additional Coronavirus Updates –November 8, 2021
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) As part of the CDBG CARES (CDBG-CV) Act Webinar Series, HUD will hold a webinar on November 17 from 1-2:30 pm ET on co-managing…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – November 8, 2021
Federal Response Congress Legislation introduced by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) to reallocate unspent COVID-19 relief funds towards infrastructure and disaster relief passed…
Senators Collins and Manchin Lead Senate Colleagues in Effort to Designate November as Homeless Children and Youth Awareness Month
Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) led 14 of their Senate colleagues in introducing on November 4 a bipartisan resolution designating November as Homeless Children and Youth…
Members of Congress Urge Treasury to Provide Further Guidance on ERA Reallocation
Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) led 52 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on November 3 requesting additional information…
HUD Releases ARPA Funds to Assist Victims of Housing Discrimination during Pandemic
HUD announced on November 3 that it is providing nearly $14 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to support fair housing enforcement organizations. Fifty-one HUD Fair Housing…
Advocacy Groups Send Letter to Secretary Fudge Requesting Meeting on Credit Checks in HUD-Assisted Housing
NLIHC, the National Housing Law Project, the National Consumer Law Center, and the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice on November 3 sent a letter to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge requesting a…
Freddie Mac Announces Initiative to Help Renters Build Credit
Freddie Mac announced on November 4 a new initiative to encourage operators of multifamily properties to report on-time rental payments to help renters build credit. According to the announcement,…
CFPB Finds Name-Matching in Consumer Reporting Violates Fair Credit Reporting Act
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued on November 4 an advisory opinion affirming that consumer reporting companies (including tenant-screening companies) engaging in “name-matching…
National Poll Supports Build Back Better Act
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign recently released a national public opinion poll that found strong majorities of people support key housing policy proposals in the “Build Back Better Act.”…
Hispanic Households Face Systemic Barriers to Housing
An article in Cityscape, “Understanding Low-Income Hispanic Housing Challenges and the Use of Housing and Homelessness Assistance,” examines the extent to which Hispanic households are…
Urban Institute Conducts Survey on PHA Use of Emergency Housing Vouchers
The Urban Institute is conducting a survey of public housing authorities (PHAs) to understand how communities are using and targeting Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHVs) and the extent to which they…