NLIHC joined national partners in a letter sent on August 6 to Senate Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2020-17 on July 31 implementing the $400 million CARES Act supplemental Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) funding for the Housing…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with private owners of HUD-assisted properties, issued its seventh update to its “Questions and Answers for Office…
Hunter Kurtz, assistant secretary of HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), sent a letter on August 4 to public housing agency (PHA) executive directors expressing concern about the slow…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH-2020-18 on July 31 announcing allocation of the second and final round of CARES Act supplemental funding of $472 million for the…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on August 6 that multifamily property owners with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) who enter into a new or modified…
NLIHC updated its emergency rental assistance programs on August 3 and developed new resources for readers, including through an interactive map and searchable database. A webinar on August 19, 1-2…
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, housing, and homelessness, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) discussed the latest activities on Capitol Hill and the importance of sustained federal…
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Congress
Politico reports that a growing number of Republican lawmakers, including Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), chair of the Senate Banking Committee, want the party’s leadership to…
Leading organizations from the health sector sent an August 6 letter to Congress urging vital housing resources and protections in the next COVID-19 relief package. The letter calls for robust…
Join a live-stream celebration of 2020 Housing Leadership Award honoree Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO). Mr. Faith will receive the…
The Trump Administration’s final rule repealing the 2015 regulations implementing the statutory obligation to “affirmatively further fair housing” (AFFH) was published in the Federal Register on…