President Joe Biden signed into law a fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill on March 11 with increased funding for affordable housing and community development programs. After nearly five months of…
The report shows that ERA programs faced recurring challenges in four areas: (1) staff capacity, technology, and infrastructure; (2) tenant responsiveness and application completeness; (3) landlord…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has released Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through January 2022. An additional $1.9 billion of ERA funds were spent in January, down…
Representatives of the housing sector, including NLIHC, sent a letter to President Biden on March 9 asking that he convene a President’s Council on Housing Affordability. The letter – cosigned by…
Join today’s (March 14) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET. We will discuss the fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bill and its implications for affordable housing, as well as the…
In our most recent (March 7) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” campaign, we provided the latest updates on appropriations and budget reconciliation from…
HUD’s Region VI Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity announced on March 8 that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) discriminated against communities of color in Southeast Texas when…
National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD announced on March 4 that it is awarding over $2.4 million in “American Rescue Plan Act” funding to 11 HUD Fair Housing…
Flooding
BuzzFeed News examines the growing risk of basement flooding as the shortage of affordable housing pushes more renters below ground. Officials across the country are looking to convert more…
HUD has published a new guidebook, Emergency Housing Vouchers: A How-To Guide for Public Housing Agencies. The guidebook provides public housing agencies (PHAs), Continuums of Care (CoCs), and Victim…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with owners of private properties assisted with Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA), distributed a flyer in…
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) held a hearing on March 8, “The Inflation Equation: Corporate Profiteering, Supply Chain Bottlenecks, and COVID-19,”…
