The Housing Narrative Lab, in collaboration with national housing, homelessness, and immigration groups, released a new resource, “Framing/Messaging Guidance,” on how to address the housing needs of…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) published proposed changes to regulations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program in the Federal Register on January 10.…
HUD will hold a listening session for tenants regarding a proposed rule that would require a public housing agency (PHA) or owner of a property assisted with Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) to…
HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge served as the sole witness during a U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services (HFSC) hearing, “Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban…
Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the “Housing Oversight and Mitigating Exploitation (HOME) Act” (S.3561) in the U.S. Senate on January 9. The bill aims to hold corporate investors accountable…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released a new resource, Tribal Housing Stability Report: Supporting Tribal Housing Stability with Pandemic Response Funds, last month. The report…
The last of the longstanding renter protections implemented by the City of Los Angeles during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire on February 1. Among the protections expiring at the end of this month…
The Partnership for Just Housing (PJH) submitted a comment on a HUD Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), “Removing Criminal Conviction Restrictions for Testers in FHIP- and FHAP-Funded Testing…
HUD’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released conclusions from an audit of the department’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) that revealed the slow delivery of funds distributed…
Congressional and National Updates
The Florida Housing Coalition will host a webinar to discuss its new disaster dashboard, created in partnership with Texas Appleseed. Register for the webinar here…
ZERO TO THREE – an Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign partner – has announced plans to bring one family with a child under age three from every state and the District of Columbia to Capitol…
A paper published in Housing Policy Debate, “Exchanging Housing Dollars for Health Care Savings: The Impact of Housing First on Health Care Costs,” examines whether Housing First leads to health care…
