A 2010 report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examined federal disaster assistance after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Louisiana and Mississippi. The report found that a…
The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing on October 26 to consider the nominations of Brian D. Montgomery to serve as assistant secretary for housing and…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a new report that found that the Senate and House FY18 funding bills for HUD would cut the number of Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) next year…
The House passed the Senate version of the FY18 budget resolution by a close vote of 216-212 on October 26, allowing Republicans to move their tax plan. A group of Republican representatives from…
The Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) United coalition released “Faces of Austerity 2.0: How Budget Cuts Continue to Make Us Sicker, Poorer, and Less Secure.” The report examines how Congressional cuts…
President Donald Trump nominated Leonard Wolfson to be HUD assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental relations, sending the nomination to the Senate on October 25. Mr. Wolfson has…
HUD, which co-chairs the Lead Subcommittee of the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children (Task Force), is requesting public input regarding an update to a…
The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will hold a hearing, “Sustainable Housing Finance: Private Sector Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform, Part II” on November 2 at 2…
The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing on October 25 that focused on private sector perspectives on housing finance reform. The witnesses spoke about the need…
Five civil rights organizations representing three plaintiffs sued HUD because it suspended for two years implementation of the Small Area Fair Market Rent rule (see Memo, 8/21/17). As the…
An analysis conducted by Jae Sik Jeon featured in Shelterforce shows that the implementation of Small Area Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area would increase the supply…
