HUD Lists PHAs Interested in MTW Cohorts #1 and #2
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 Lists PHAs Interested in MTW Cohorts #1 and #2
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 Posts New “Payment Standards” Chapter for Voucher Guidebook
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…
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Joins Our Homes, Our Votes, Our New Hampshire Event
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…
Freddie Mac Finds Loss of Affordable Multifamily Rental Units
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…
Fact of the Week: High-Growth Metro Areas Experience Greatest Share of Loss of Multifamily Rentals Affordable to Very Low-Income Households
Source: Freddie Mac Multifamily Research Center 2019.
House Financial Services Committee to Vote on the Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019
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…
Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico Submits Complaint about Puerto Rico’s Disaster Recovery Efforts
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…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - July 15, 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 7/…
National League of Cities Urges Action on Housing Affordability
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…
From the Field: State Commits $15 Million to the Arizona Housing Trust Fund
The Arizona legislature appropriated $15 million to the state’s Housing Trust Fund during this year’s legislative session, one of the largest investments towards housing and homelessness the state…