On July 23, the Senate began consideration of S. 1243, the FY14 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill, after a bipartisan cloture vote allowing…
The Seattle City Council has endorsed United for Homes proposal; Mayor Michael McGinn (D) signed the resolution on July 22. The resolution highlights the need for affordable housing in the city,…
The House Committee on Financial Services held a markup of H.R. 2767, the Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act, on July 23. The legislation, commonly referred to as the “Hensarling…
On June 6, the New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) released an evaluation of the Homebase Community Prevention Program’s effects upon use of homeless shelters and other services for…
The full Senate is expected to begin its FY14 appropriations work the week of July 22 and bring the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill, S. 1243, to the…
The Veterans and Servicemembers Employment Rights and Housing Act of 2013 was introduced in the House of Representatives and Senate on July 11. The bipartisan House legislation, H.R. 2654, was…
The long-awaited proposed rule intended to improve the obligation to affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) was published for comment on July 19. Major features of the proposed rule include:…
A report by HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) concluded that HUD did not enforce the annual reporting requirements of Section 3 for public housing authorities (PHAs) receiving Recovery Act…
The Oregon Housing Alliance, a diverse coalition of advocates convened by NLIHC State Coalition Partner, Neighborhood Partnerships, ended the 2013 state legislative session with increased affordable…
On July 17, the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD released factsheets summarizing the 2011 American Housing Survey (AHS) data for 29 metropolitan areas as well as for the nation as a whole. AHS national…
HUD recently launched a new Geospatial Data Resources portal page on its HUD USER site. The site contains a wealth of maps and geographic information system (GIS) resources depicting demographic and…
