During the most recent national “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” call, we discussed new funding to address homelessness from the American Rescue Plan Act and heard about a new…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition convenes and supports disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households, including the…
NLIHC and the National League of Cities (NLC) released on April 29, “How to Establish and Improve Emergency Rental Assistance Programs: Suggestions for State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Elected…
NLIHC tracks state and local emergency rental assistance programs created or expanded in response to COVID-19 and collects in-depth information on each program. As of April 28, NLIHC had…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH-2021-12, making a $25 million public housing Operating Fund set-aside available to public housing agencies (PHAs) experiencing a…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with private owners of HUD-assisted properties, updated two sets of Questions and Answers on April 26: “Questions…
NLIHC seeks a housing advocacy organizer who will be responsible for maintaining and expanding NLIHC membership and mobilizing advocates on federal policy priorities to advance the Coalition’s…
The Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) in HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued Notice CPD-21-05 allowing supplemental Emergency Solutions Grants-…
National Updates
Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced plans to distribute $800 million to support students experiencing homelessness under the American Rescue…
House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced on April 27 several full committee and subcommittee hearings for the month of May, including a hearing on examining…
HUD published in the Federal Register on April 27 a withdrawal of its proposed rule “Making Admissions or Placement Determinations Based on Sex in Facilities Under Community Planning and Development…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has enhanced the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Data Dashboard to help public housing agencies (PHAs) maximize the impact of their HCV programs. The…
