HUD and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Section 811 Project Rental Assistance (PRA) demonstration awards on February 12. The PRA NOFA was released on May 15, 2012 (see…
During his February 6 State of the District Address, Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray announced a commitment of $100 million to produce and preserve 10,000 units of affordable housing in addition…
LeadingAge will hold a congressional briefing, “A New Look at Care and Services for People as They Age,” on February 22. The briefing will be held at 11 am in room 1539 of the Longworth House office…
The rental market continues to tighten as homeownership rates continue to decline , according to a report released recently by the Census Bureau. The Housing Vacancy Survey highlights residential…
February 13, 2013Contact: Amy Clark, 202.662.1530 x227, [email protected] Statement by NLIHC President and CEO Sheila Crowley in response to the State of the Union SpeechPresident Barack Obama, in his…
The Resident Opportunity Self-Sufficiency grant (ROSS) and the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) are two HUD programs of great interest to public housing residents and other housing advocates.…
Sequestration, the across-the-board discretionary funding cuts required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and modified by the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, could reduce federal department…
The Senate Committee on the Budget will hold two hearings during the week of February 11. The first will be on February 12 at 10:30 am, when the committee will hold a hearing on the Budget and…
On January 30, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) introduced the Baseline Reform Act of 2013 with Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Rob Portman (R-OH). S. 185 would require that the baseline…
The House Committee on Financial Services held the first hearing of the 113th Congress on February 6. It was also the first in a series of hearings on the Federal Housing Administration.Committee…
HUD announced on February 8 that it will issue a final rule to formalize the national standard for determining whether a housing practice or policy violates the Fair Housing Act because it has a…
