Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the “Housing For All Act of 2022” on February 25. The bill would address the severe shortage of 6.8 million affordable homes for renters with the lowest incomes…
Join today’s (March 7) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET. We will discuss the current status of the fiscal year 2022 spending bill and the importance of quickly enacting that bill…
In our most recent (March 1) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” campaign, we welcomed Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), who spoke about his “Housing for All Act of…
NLIHC and almost 30 other national organizations sent a letter to congressional leaders on March 1 urging them to include the “Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act” in any upcoming appropriation…
In a memo released by the White House on March 1, President Biden announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would continue to fully cover eligible costs related to COVID-19-…
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its 6th Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability on February 27. The report presents key findings on…
National Updates
Department of the Treasury
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released demographic data on February 24 showing that funds delivered to millions of households through…
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD announced on March 1 that the Citizen Participation & Equitable Engagement (CPEE) Toolkit is now available. The toolkit is a resource to…
An audit by the HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that the HUD Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) did not have policies and procedures to adequately ensure that public housing…
The HUDExchange listserv announced a series of bimonthly virtual “office hours” to review affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) issues. The first session of each month will be general in…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2022-04 on March 3, extending to April 1 the deadline for public housing agencies (PHAs) to request expedited PIH review of certain…
Congressional appropriators hope to release a final federal spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2022 as soon as tomorrow, if congressional leaders can strike a deal on requests to provide financial…
