Take Action! Sign Letter to Debate Moderators Urging Questions on Housing Solutions
The next debates for leading democratic candidates take place on October 15 in Ohio. We have reopened the Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 sign-on letter to debate moderators; new organizational signers…
Now Available: Recording of First Webinar in Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 Series
The first episode of the 15-month webinar and podcast series “Our Homes, Our Votes 2020: Third Thursdays at Three” is now available at www.ourhomes-ourvotes.org/webinars. The webinar originally…
HUD Designates Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2020
HUD published in the Federal Register on September 25 its list of the 2020 Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs), which are used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (…
Two Tropical Storms Strike U.S. and Territories
Two tropical storms crossed over parts of the United States this past week. Remains of Tropical Storm Imelda hit Southeast Texas, dumping large amounts of rain on the region and claiming five lives.…
Government Accountability Office Releases Two Reports Criticizing Federal Disaster Recovery Efforts
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports describing multiple deficiencies in federal disaster response. The first report found that FEMA and the American Red Cross failed to…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - September 30, 2019
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 9/23…
New Study Finds Medicaid Expansion Can Significantly Reduce Evictions
A new study published in Health Affairs, “Can Medicaid Expansion Prevent Housing Evictions?,” found that early Medicaid expansion in California was associated with an average reduction of 24.5 fewer…
Study Examines First-Year Implementation of Small Area Fair Market Rents
A report published by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, “Measuring Fidelity to HUD’s Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) Rule: Lessons from First Year Implementation,” evaluates the…
Census Bureau Releases Data from 2018 ACS on Cost-Burdened Households
The U.S. Census Bureau released new aggregate tables from the 1-Year 2018 American Community Survey (ACS) on September 26 showing millions of renter households are housing cost-burdened. The ACS is…
Fact of the Week: Large Percentages of Households with Lowest Incomes are Housing Cost-Burdened and Severely Housing Cost-Burdened
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 1-Year 2018 American Community Survey. Housing cost-burdened households spend 30% or more of their income on housing. Severely cost-burdened households spend 50% or more…
From the Field: Minneapolis City Council Passes Historic Tenant Protections
The Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed on September 13 an ordinance that establishes historic new tenant protections. The ordinance limits tenant screening practices by landlords on the…