HUD updated its National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on December 30, 2015 to clarify that NHTF money may be used for installing broadband infrastructure. On the same…
The Congressional Budget Office has released a set of infographics on FY15 spending and revenues and revenue and spending trends since FY95. The graphics show breakouts of the $3.7 trillion in…
The National Housing Law Project has produced a 13-page overview of the FY16 HUD funding bill, primarily focusing on provisions related to the preservation of multifamily assisted housing. The…
On December 31, HUD issued the final version of the Assessment Tool that local governments must use to submit an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) under the new Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (…
In December, HUD announced that the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) reached its 185,000 unit limit. HUD’s most recent Rental Assistance Demonstration newsletter in December provides an…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing has published a toolkit to help community leaders encourage owners and managers of HUD-assisted private multifamily housing to develop and implement admission…
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research will hold a symposium exploring how HUD policies have evolved over its 50-year history. Topics will include HUD's treatment of race and poverty; the…
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) is conducting six identical webinars in January to ensure that all stakeholders understand the new definition of chronically homeless and the…
On January 6, the White House hosted a convening on HUD’s proposed smoke-free public housing rule (see Memo, 11/16/15). HUD Secretary Julián Castro and United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy…
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) met in December to review the nation’s progress toward ending family homelessness and to recommend new strategies to achieve the goals set forth…
On November 18, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) announced the largest commitment to supportive housing creation in the city’s history, promising to create 15,000 units over the next 15 years.…
A study published in the recent issue of Housing Policy Debate titled “Development of an Index of Subsidized Housing Availability and its Relationship to Housing Insecurity,” provides evidence that…
