HUD PIH Posts Emergency Housing Voucher FAQs
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has posted frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program created by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Public…
Updated Brochure Informs HUD Multifamily Tenants about CDC Eviction Moratorium
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) posted an update to “Addressing Tenant Concerns During the COVID-19 National Emergency” (see Memo, 4/27/20). The three-page brochure reminds…
Additional Coronavirus Updates – June 14, 2021
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing updated its Eviction Prevention and Stability Toolkit on June 2 to reflect the latest…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – June 14, 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…
Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on HUD FY22 Budget Request
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) held a remote hearing on June 10 to discuss the president’s budget request for fiscal year 2022 (…
Senate Confirms Adrianne Todman as Deputy Secretary of HUD
Adrianne Todman was confirmed as deputy secretary of HUD by a voice vote in the Senate on June 10. Ms. Todman brings years of housing and community development experience from her extensive career in…
“Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act” Reintroduced
Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) reintroduced on June 8 the “Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Restoration Act” (H.R. 3763). If enacted,…
HUD’s Interim Final Rule Reinstating AFFH Definition Published in Federal Register
HUD’s Interim Final Rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) was published in the Federal Register on June 10. The rule will restore the statutory definition of AFFH and some…
Bipartisan “Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act” Reintroduced in Senate
Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) on June 9 reintroduced the “Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act,” which would create an additional 500,000 housing vouchers…
New Research on Homelessness Reveals Long-term Economic Hardship, Relatively Little Interstate Mobility
A working paper from scholars at the University of Chicago and the U.S. Census Bureau, “Learning about homelessness using linked survey and administrative data,” connects multiple large data sources…
Eviction Filings Continued in Low-Income BIPOC Communities in Atlanta-Area Despite CDC Eviction Moratorium
A Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta report, “Special Briefing: Despite CDC Moratorium, Atlanta-Area Eviction Filings Hit Low-Income, Minority Neighborhoods,” examines eviction filings in Atlanta…