Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the bipartisan “Domestic Violence in Public Housing Emergency Relocation Act” (S.B. 919) on November 13, accompanied by the bill co-sponsors, Senators Art…
NeighborWorks America will bring its next Training Institute (NTI) to Cleveland, February 18-22, 2019. In addition to professional affordable housing and community development courses lasting…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on October 30 that examined the processes for referring cases of potential noncompliance to HUD’s Departmental Enforcement Center (DEC).…
A HUD Multifamily Communications email on October 29 announced that HUD has been conducting an internal review of the Real Estate Assessment Center’s (REAC’s) 20-year-old physical inspection system.…
HUD issued Notice H-2018-08 providing updated guidance to HUD Multifamily staff regarding actions to take when a private property assisted with various HUD programs has a Uniform Physical Condition…
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) submitted a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on October 29 regarding a new $100 million competitive housing grant for Native Americans, which was included in the FY18…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Utah Housing Matters Conference, Ogden, UT, on November 7
Facing Race: A…
NLIHC’s latest edition of Tenant Talk—a periodic publication aimed at engaging tenants on housing policy and highlighting local advocacy successes – is now available. The fall 2018 issue focuses on…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of October 21.
“Emphasize economic arguments for improving homeless services, Utah service providers told,” KSL…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) has developed more resources about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) proposed changes to the “public charge” rule (see Memo, 10/15). NHLP has…
Housing Action Illinois, an NLIHC state partner, was recently awarded $1.2 million from HUD to distribute to local nonprofits for housing counseling services. These sub-grants will be given to 33 HUD…
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners…
