The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a proposed rule to implement Section 504 of the “Rehabilitation Act of 1973” for programs that provide federal financial assistance. Section…

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Banking Committee, has called on President-elect Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Nominee Steven Mnuchin to respond to…

Senators and representatives of the 115th Congress were sworn in last week, officially kicking off the new Congressional term. Along with control of the White House, Republicans have a majority of…

Senate leadership has released its full committee assignments for 2017. Subcommittee assignments in the Senate and full committee assignments in the House have not yet been released. Members of the…

The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) published a final rule that provides for the enforcement of Title VI of the “Civil Rights Act of 1964.” Title VI states that no person, on the grounds…

HUD will repeat a webinar for Continuum of Care (CoC) collaborative applicants and providers to educate them about the HUD-wide Equal Access Rule (see Memo, 2/3/12) and the CPD Gender Identity Rule (…

HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued Notice CPD-16-18 providing guidance on the timing of FY17 Consolidated Plan (ConPlan) and/or Annual Action Plan submissions.…

HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs has scheduled a webinar to explain the recently published interim rule (see Memo, 12/19/16) implementing a grant-specific method for determining compliance…

HUD published a final rule amending the Consolidated Plan (ConPlan) regulations requiring jurisdictions to consider two additional concepts in their ConPlan efforts: the vulnerability to natural…

HUD issued a policy memorandum clarifying that certain noncitizens who are “battered or subject to extreme cruelty” by a spouse or parent who is a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (LPR) has…

HUD published a final rule requiring installation of broadband infrastructure at the time of new construction or substantial rehabilitation of multifamily housing that has more than four rental units…

Memo to Members

A study published in Cityscape titled “Vouchers and Neighborhood Distress” by Alex Schwartz, Kirk McClure, and Lydia Taghavi find that Housing Choice Vouchers (vouchers) utilized by female-headed…