Dear Readers,
People with disabilities, just like everyone else, deserve to live with dignity in a home of their choosing that is safe, accessible, and affordable. However, our country has long…
The House Budget Committee voted on Saturday, September 25 along party lines to advance the “Build Back Better Act,” a $3.5 trillion comprehensive infrastructure and economic recovery package, to the…
HUD launched on September 20 “House America,” a national initiative to address the nation’s homelessness crisis. The initiative encourages state, local, and tribal leaders to pledge to reduce…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued Notice CPD-21-07 providing guidance for HOME Investment Partners Program participating jurisdictions (PJs) and national Housing Trust…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released updated Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through August 31, revealing that an additional $2.28 billion in ERA1 and $207 million in ERA2…
Research from NLIHC, the Housing Initiative at Penn, and NYU Furman Center indicates that a lack of landlord and tenant participation is a challenge to state and local administrators of Emergency…
Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA), along with Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) and three dozen of her Democratic colleagues in the House, introduced on…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) posted Notice H 2021-05 on September 16 announcing the continued availability of “COVID-19 Supplemental Payments” (CSP) for Section 8,…
National Updates
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on September 17 warning that millions of renters and their families…
NLIHC, the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Demos sent a letter to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge on September 21 requesting a meeting to provide…
An article in Cityscape, “Toward a Cross-Platform Framework: Assessing the Comprehensiveness of Online Rental Listings,” found considerable variations in the types of rental units advertised and the…
