Negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House continue over what provisions will be included in the pared-down “Build Back Better Act.” Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) and…
The Connecticut legislature voted at the end of September to extend Governor Ned Lamont’s pandemic-related emergency powers through February 15, 2022. The governor’s emergency declarations, including…
An article in Cityscape examines the role of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) in the conversion of public housing to project-based Section 8 in HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)…
An article in Cityscape, “Impact of Rental Assistance Demonstration Program Conversions on Public Housing Tenants,” examines short-term tenant outcomes in HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD)…
Community Catalyst released an article on October 12 about how ending the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) eviction moratorium has negative impacts on health outcomes. The article…
House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) held a roundtable on October 13 to examine family budgets and food insecurity in America. This event was the tenth in a series on food insecurity,…
HUD issued joint Notice PIH 2021-29/H 2021-06 providing supplemental guidance to implement the requirements of the interim final rule titled “Extension of Time and Required Disclosures for…
NLIHC signed on to a letter urging HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to expedite a HUD-wide policy to ensure that all HUD housing programs test for and mitigate radon contamination. Radon is a colorless,…
A new joint report examines the growing preservation challenges facing the nation’s nearly five million federally assisted rental homes.
Washington, DC—The National Low Income Housing Coalition (…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on the Public Charge Rule titled “Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility.” This is the first of three…
Federal Updates
The application period for the fiscal year 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant programs opened on September 30.…
