Responding to a HUD Federal Register notice seeking public comment regarding the use of small area Fair Market Rents (FMRs) (see Memo, 6/8), the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) issued a…
On June 1, NLIHC joined more than 80 national and state organizations on a comment letter regarding HUD’s proposed rule implementing new housing protections included in the Violence Against Women…
Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) introduced H.R. 2591, the “Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2015,” on June 1. The bill would create a Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund and allow taxpayers…
On June 9, Senators Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced S. 1530, a bill that would renew the Moving to Work (MTW) agreements for 11 of the 39 MTW public housing agencies (PHAs)…
On June 2, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced S. 1491…
On June 9, The House passed its FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) appropriations bill, H.R. 2577. The bill passed by a six vote margin of 216 to 210.…
Sixty-two organizations and businesses that are members of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition (MAHC) signed a letter to Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) urging her to protect the NHTF in the FY16…
The. U.S. House of Representatives passed its Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) FY16 appropriations bill on June 9. The bill would raid the National Housing…
Bill Contains Severe Cuts to Essential Housing Programs
UPDATE
On June 9, the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 2577, their FY16 appropriations bill for Transportation, Housing and…
* Households earning incomes at the 25th percentile of incomes for all renter households in each metropolitan area were referred to as “low income renters” for the purposes of this study.
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HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development published a notice in the Federal Register on June 3 requesting public comment regarding the interim Emergency Solutions Grants program regulations…
HUD announced its intention to amend Fair Market Rent (FMR) regulations for the Housing Choice Voucher program in a Federal Register notice on June 2. The notice seeks public comment regarding the…
