HUD’s Offices of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) and Public and Indian Housing (PIH) recently posted updated coronavirus-related guidance.
Specifically, PIH posted an update to its…
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson urging him to immediately release FY19 funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP).…
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) and 28 of her Senate colleagues sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on February 3 urging the Treasury Department to publish specific procedures addressing how…
President Joe Biden released on May 28 his budget request for fiscal year 2022 (FY22). The $6 trillion budget proposes $9 billion in additional funding for HUD, a 15% increase over FY21. The funds…
Representative Nikema Williams (D-GA) and Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced on May 25 the “Voters on the Move Registration Act,” a bill that would make it easier for low-income tenants to…
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign has updated its website with a general advocate sample comment letter to make it easier to submit comments regarding HUD’s drastic proposal to make it virtually…
HUD Secretary Ben Carson rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for increased federal investment in housing options for people experiencing homelessness in a letter published on…
HUD has added training and resource webpages with information about federal lead regulations and the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) Amendment for pre-1978 housing on its website. The goal of these…
The final Section 3 rule was received from HUD by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on March 26. Comments on HUD’s proposed rule…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with private owners of HUD-assisted properties, made more updates to its “Questions and Answers for Office of…
The House passed by a vote of 217-197 a package of six spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2021 on July 31, including the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill.…
Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) and Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) submitted a public comment letter to HUD on July 30. The letter urges…
