Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 9
Memo: House Committees Pass Critical Housing Bills, New HTF Allocation, Housing in the Presidential Debates, and More
A study in the Journal of the American Planning Association, “Affordable Housing, Disasters, and Social Equity: LIHTC as a Tool for Preparedness and Recovery," evaluated how states are using the…
NLIHC released on February 17 its winter 2020 edition of Tenant Talk, a publication by and for residents of public and assisted housing and those in need of such housing. This edition focuses on “The…
The House Committee on Financial Services passed several bills, including the “Housing Is Infrastructure Act” (H.R. 5187) and the “Housing Fairness Act of 2020” (H.R. 149), during a vote on February…
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing, “Returning Citizens: Challenges and Opportunities for Reentry,” on February 27. Formerly incarcerated…
“The Housing Survivors of Major Disasters Act” (H.R. 2914), introduced by Representative Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), was unanimously approved by the House…
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 02…
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria announced on February 27 that $326.4 million will be available for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in 2020. HUD will now use the…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) posted the first national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) “Open Activities Reports” for each state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.…
Seven Democratic candidates for president - Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Tom Steyer and Mike Bloomberg – took to the stage for a presidential debate…
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D-DE) joined other Democratic presidential candidates in releasing plans to address the nation’s affordable housing crisis. Vice President Biden’s plan, released on…
More than 14,000 comments have been submitted in response to the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. The proposed AFFH rule removes key…
