HUD released the 2021 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) on February 4. A yearly report examining the prevalence of homelessness in the United States, AHAR typically provides information on…
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Programs (SNAPS) sent a message to jurisdictions receiving Emergency Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) supplemental funds provided by the “CARES Act.” The message…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2022-02 informing public housing agencies (PHAs) that PIH will resume the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) on March 31, 2022.…
State and Local News
Arizona
For the first time since February 2020, more than 5,000 evictions were filed in January in Maricopa County. Eviction filings have slowly increased since the federal…
FEMA
FEMA has updated its “shelter locator” texting feature. The feature allows users to retrieve a list of nearby shelter locations by texting “shelter” and their ZIP code to 43362. The feature is…
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign sent a letter to appropriators urging them to include a House proposal to expand Housing Choice Vouchers to an additional 125,000 households in the…
The American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST) created a Radon Report Card providing state-by-state data on estimated radon-caused lung cancer risks as well as policies…
The Delaware Supreme Court adopted a new rule (Rule 57.1) that allows tenants to be represented for free by qualified tenant advocates who are trained and supervised by one of Delaware’s three legal…
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022: Achieving Housing Justice, taking place from 12:30 to 5:30 pm ET on March 22 and 1 to 5:30 pm ET on March 23, will feature an in-depth discussion…
NLIHC will honor Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) at the 40th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration, held virtually on Thursday, April 28. Representative Torres will receive the…
NLIHC seeks a development coordinator who will have prime responsibility for a portfolio of development/fundraising activities for the Coalition. The activities, along with those of a second…
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of February 6:
“Ida’s Flooding Took Her Home. Then Officials Took Away Her Temporary Housing.” Buzzfeed News,…
