The House Financial Services Committee on July 11 unanimously passed the “Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019” (H.R. 3620), which aims to preserve affordable homes and…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing issued a Memorandum to owners and management agents of private HUD-assisted multifamily properties reminding them about existing guidance regarding their…
Forty-four public housing agencies (PHAs) submitted letters indicating their interest in participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) so-called “rent reform” Cohort #2. Another 52 PHAs…
Forty-four public housing agencies (PHAs) submitted letters indicating their interest in participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) so-called “rent reform” Cohort #2. Another 52 PHAs…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has published a fourth new chapter, “Payment Standards,” as it incrementally revises the 13-chapter Housing Choice Voucher Guidebook (see…
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire, a nonpartisan candidate engagement partnership between NLIHC and Housing Action NH, hosted its first “coffee-with-the-candidate” event on Sunday, July 7…
Diminishing Affordability – Inescapable, a report from the Multifamily Research Center at Freddie Mac, finds the percentage of multifamily rental units affordable to very low-income (VLI) households…
Representatives Al Green (D-TX) and Ann Wagner (R-MO) introduced the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019” (H.R. 3702) on July 11. The bi-partisan legislation will formally authorize HUD’s…
Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition member Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico submitted a complaint to HUD’s Office of the Inspector General detailing numerous problems with the Puerto Rico Department…
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 7/…
The National League of Cities (NLC) Housing Task Force published a report, Homeward Bound, urging major action at all levels of government to solve the nation’s housing affordability…
