The impact of continuing sequestration through FY14 would be devastating for the lowest income households seeking rental housing resources. On November 6, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (…
HUD published the long-awaited public housing Capital Fund final rule on October 24. Fundamentally, this rule implements changes made as part of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of…
HUD reports that as of October 25, 2013 it had received 459 Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) conversion applications that could affect more than 76,000 units of public housing and Moderate Rehab…
HUD has extended the comment period for the proposed housing counseling rule by one month (see Memo, 9/20). Comments are now due on December 12. The rule would implement changes made to the HUD…
A November 4, 2013 Federal Register Notice announces HUD’s renewed intent to create a Small Multifamily Building Risk Share Initiative. NLIHC is concerned about HUD’s intent to “remove affordability…
Webcasts designed to promote understanding of the HOME Program requirements are posted on the OneCPD website. The first four webcasts, along with PDF transcriptions, focus on changes contained in the…
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance has scheduled a webinar, “Title V: The Roles and Responsibilities of HUD, GSA, and HHS,” for November 13 at 11 am ET. Title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless…
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing, “One Year Later: Examining the Ongoing Recovery from Hurricane…
The Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, applauds Massachusetts state legislators for passing the strongest housing bond bill in state history.…
The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2012 Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) on November 6. According to the new report, the national SPM 16% nationally for 2012, about 1 percentage point higher than…
Today, National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Sheila Crowley testified at a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing, asking members of the committee to…
