Recording and Slides from HUD Webinars on Amended Lead-Safe Housing Rule Now Available
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) hosted two 90-minute webinars on federal lead regulations and the Lead-Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) Amendment for pre-1978 housing.…
Recording and Slides from HUD Webinar on Resident-Related RAD Issues Now Available
HUD held a webinar on October 10 on the key provisions of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program that most affect public housing residents. After a brief background of “Why RAD” and RAD’s…
HUD Launches Three Webpages on the Preservation of Multifamily Housing
HUD's Office of Multifamily Housing (MFH) announced the launch of three webpages to support owners of private, HUD-assisted multifamily housing and related stakeholders (e.g., residents). The…
NLIHC Submits Letter Objecting to Proposed Disparate Impact Rule; Deadline to Comment is Friday, October 18
NLIHC submitted comments expressing strong opposition to HUD’s proposed changes to the 2013 Disparate Impact rule. NLIHC urges HUD to withdraw its proposed rule because it is designed to make it…
Brian Montgomery Nominated as HUD Deputy Secretary
President Donald Trump has nominated Brian D. Montgomery to serve as HUD deputy secretary, the second most senior official at HUD. In this role, Mr. Montgomery would manage the day-to-day operations…
House Appropriations Committee to Hold Hearing on CDBG-DR Program
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies will hold an oversight hearing, “The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s…
New Resources to Help Advocates Submit Comments against HUD’s Proposed Disparate Impact Rule Changes; Day of Action on October 10
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign and the Defend Civil Rights campaign have each provided new materials to help advocates write and submit comments against HUD’s extremely harmful proposed…
Senator Rubio Introduces ‘Disaster Assistance Simplification Act’
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced “Disaster Assistance Simplification Act” on September 26. The legislation addresses existing issues between HUD’s disaster assistance programs and the Small…
HUD Designates Difficult Development Areas and Qualified Census Tracts for 2020
HUD published in the Federal Register on September 25 its list of the 2020 Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs), which are used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (…
Study Examines First-Year Implementation of Small Area Fair Market Rents
A report published by the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, “Measuring Fidelity to HUD’s Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) Rule: Lessons from First Year Implementation,” evaluates the…
HUD Ignores Deadline for the Release of Disaster Funds; FEMA Officials and Contractor Indicted for Fraud
HUD continues to delay the release of disaster mitigation funding for Puerto Rico even after the expiration of a statutory September 4 deadline set by Congress. Congress approved $16.5 billion in…