On November 20, HUD released a proposed rule that would allow transgender people or those who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth to access HUD-supported programs, benefits,…
On November 24, HUD published in the Federal Register its annual list of Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs), which are used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (…
On November 16, HUD announced that the Federal Housing Administration’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) achieved a capital reserve ratio of 2.07% in FY15, surpassing the required 2%. In…
HUD has posted four short fact sheets on the HUD Exchange homepage related to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) final rule. Two of the AFFH fact sheets address the requirement of…
Under a proposed rule issued on November 12, HUD would require all public housing agencies (PHAs) and public housing properties to be smoke-free within 18 months of a final smoke-free rule. The…
On October 21, HUD published proposed amendments to its fair housing regulations, intending to protect individuals who experience harassment in housing. The courts and HUD have long considered…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued a notification of the new PHA Plan templates through Notice PIH-2015-15 dated October 23, 2015. Instead of the single, unified Annual PHA Plan…
In last week’s Memo, we announced that HUD was seeking stakeholder input on its Research Roadmap (FY2014-2018), the agency’s five-year strategic research agenda, through an on-line forum. HUD is…
The new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation was the focus of a HUD webcast published on October 8. In this webcast, HUD Secretary Julián Castro introduces a cast of HUD officials…
HUD is updating its Research Roadmap (FY2014-2018), the agency’s five-year strategic research agenda. HUD is asking stakeholders to provide new ideas and feedback for its research agenda through an…
The new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation, published on July 16, 2015 (see Memo, 7/13), requires jurisdictions that receive federal housing and community development funds to…
On October 9, HUD released new guidance to help intake workers determine and document the homeless status of youth using the definition of homelessness found in the Continuum of Care (CoC) and…
