HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing has published a toolkit to help community leaders encourage owners and managers of HUD-assisted private multifamily housing to develop and implement admission…
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research will hold a symposium exploring how HUD policies have evolved over its 50-year history. Topics will include HUD's treatment of race and poverty; the…
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) is conducting six identical webinars in January to ensure that all stakeholders understand the new definition of chronically homeless and the…
On January 6, the White House hosted a convening on HUD’s proposed smoke-free public housing rule (see Memo, 11/16/15). HUD Secretary Julián Castro and United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy…
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) met in December to review the nation’s progress toward ending family homelessness and to recommend new strategies to achieve the goals set forth…
A study published in the recent issue of Housing Policy Debate titled “Development of an Index of Subsidized Housing Availability and its Relationship to Housing Insecurity,” provides evidence that…
Both the House and then the Senate are expected to vote on the omnibus spending bill on Friday, December 18. If Congress fails to pass the omnibus spending bill, they will need to pass a long-term…
Congressional leaders released the text of the omnibus spending bill at about 1:30 am on December 16. The omnibus bill funds all 12 appropriations bills, including the Transportation, Housing and…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) is asking you to support an online petition that seeks urgent action in tackling America’s worsening housing crisis.
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On September 22 at Project Homeless Connect, the annual event that provides services to more than 600 Buffalo area homeless individuals, state legislators and community leaders called on …
The 2015 Housing Fact Book released today by HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University (HWRI) includes a slew of new housing indicators that paint a more detailed picture of housing…
Results from a Pew Research Center study released in March indicate a sharp increase in multi-generational family households in the United States in recent decades. In 1980, 28 million…
