Join today’s (February 14) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” campaign from 2:30-4:00 pm ET and participate in a Valentine’s Day of Action! House Financial…
In our most recent (February 7) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” campaign, we received updates about developments on Capitol Hill, heard about new research on…
Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) introduced a bipartisan bill on February 9 to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).…
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a panel listening session on February 8 addressing renters’ experiences with large corporate landlords and private equity firms.…
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on February 8 to enact another continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the federal government through March 11 and buy lawmakers extra time to enact an…
HUD released the 2021 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) on February 4. A yearly report examining the prevalence of homelessness in the United States, AHAR typically provides information on…
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Programs (SNAPS) sent a message to jurisdictions receiving Emergency Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) supplemental funds provided by the “CARES Act.” The message…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2022-02 informing public housing agencies (PHAs) that PIH will resume the Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS) on March 31, 2022.…
State and Local News
Arizona
For the first time since February 2020, more than 5,000 evictions were filed in January in Maricopa County. Eviction filings have slowly increased since the federal…
FEMA
FEMA has updated its “shelter locator” texting feature. The feature allows users to retrieve a list of nearby shelter locations by texting “shelter” and their ZIP code to 43362. The feature is…
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign sent a letter to appropriators urging them to include a House proposal to expand Housing Choice Vouchers to an additional 125,000 households in the…
The American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST) created a Radon Report Card providing state-by-state data on estimated radon-caused lung cancer risks as well as policies…
