Bipartisan Congressional Leaders Urge USICH Director to Commit to “Housing First” Model to Ending Homelessness
Four key congressional leaders – Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representatives David Price (D-NC) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) – sent a letter on January 10 to Robert Marbut…
Senator Warren Announces Bill to Preserve Public Housing
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced on January 16 a bill, the “Public Housing Emergency Response Act,” that is a companion to a House version introduced by Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY…
House Subcommittee Discusses Ways to Improve HUD-VASH
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on January 14 held a hearing about “Making HUD-VASH Work for all Veteran Communities” on how to make the HUD-VA…
HUD Provides Lead-Safe Housing Rule Training Material
HUD has added training and resource webpages with information about federal lead regulations and the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) Amendment for pre-1978 housing on its website. The goal of these…
HUD Provides Guidance Regarding Requirement to Complete HOME Projects in Four Years
HUD issued Notice CPD-20-01 on January 8, providing guidance to participating jurisdictions (PJs) regarding the requirement that projects assisted with HOME Investment Partnerships program funds be…
HUD Provides Online Version of Building HOME
HUD announced on January 13, a new online version of Building Home, a 12-module training program about the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. The Building HOME online training is an interactive…
“Redesigning Disaster Recovery” to be Explored at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
A session on “Redesigning Disaster Recovery” will be a featured at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020. …
Honor COHHIO’s Bill Faith, 2020 Cushing Dolbeare Lifetime Service Awardee, with a Contribution to NLIHC
NLIHC will honor Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) and former NLIHC board chair, with the 2020 Cushing Dolbeare Lifetime Service Award,…
Moderators Fail to Ask about Affordable Housing at Iowa Presidential Candidate Debate; Rep Delaney Tours “Undesign the Redline”
Prior to six presidential hopefuls taking to the stage for a nationally televised debate in Des Moines, IA last week, more than 1,000 organizations, in partnership with NLIHC and the Polk County…
HUD Announces Completion of Grant Agreement with Puerto Rico to Make Nearly $8.3 Billion in CDBG Disaster Mitigation Funds Available and Issues Notice Containing Conditions
After many months of delay, HUD Secretary Ben Carson formally announced a grant agreement with Puerto Rico on January 16, making an additional $8.285 billion in Community Development Block Grant…
Appropriations Committee Announces Bill to Provide $3 Billion in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled on January 16, a supplemental Bipartisan Budget Act bill authored by Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) to provide emergency assistance to Puerto Rico in the…