The Subcommittee on Homeland Security of the House Appropriations Committee held an oversight hearing regarding FEMA’s disaster response on November 30. FEMA Administrator Brock Long was the sole…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs continued its practice of providing periodic updates on the status of private, HUD-assisted housing in the disaster areas.
HUD will continue to make…
In response to Congressional concerns regarding a new entity that Puerto Rico intends to use to administer the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program, HUD’s Office of…
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners…
HUD announced on November 28 that Florida would receive $615,922,000 in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding. This amount is based on data from FEMA and SBA…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted on November 28 to recommend three nominees for HUD assistant secretary positions. The nominees are Brian Montgomery for assistant…
Congress remains at an impasse over how to fund the federal government for FY18, creating the possibility of a government shutdown when the current stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing…
The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will hold a hearing, “Sustainable Housing Finance: Private-Sector Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform, Part IV,” on Wednesday,…
The HUD Office of Multifamily Housing Programs launched a Section 8(bb) Preservation website. The website provides a brief explanation and other information related to Section 8(bb), which allows…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs has created a Violence Against Women Act website for assisted housing owners, agents, industry professionals, and residents. The website contains links to…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2017-23, clarifying HUD’s interpretation of the statutory amendment related to flat rents; it also supplements the final “…
Housing developers will henceforth be required to include a percentage of all newly developed rentals units in specified areas of Atlanta as affordable to low income households after the passage of…
