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…
Three Fourths of ERA Programs Taking Steps to Reach Underserved Groups Partner with Trusted Community Organizations
Source: Housing Initiative at Penn, NYU Furman Center, & NLIHC, “Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance Programs in 2021: Analysis of a National Survey,” June 2021.
Texas Passes Statewide Camping Ban
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation on June 15 enforcing a statewide camping ban. HB1925 will ban encampments in all public areas. Local governments can choose to…