HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing Posts Notice Making $25 Million Available to Cover Funding Shortfalls at Public Housing Agencies
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH-2020-16 implementing the FY20 Appropriations Act $25 million set-aside of Public Housing Operating Funds to assist public housing…
NLIHC, NHLP Send Letter to HUD Detailing its Legal Authority on Eviction Moratorium
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), along with 168 other organizations, sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on July 20 stating that HUD has the legal authority to…
House to Vote on FY21 THUD Spending Bill and Amendments
The House is scheduled to vote on a series of spending bills as soon as July 29, including the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2021…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Posts New Update to COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted its fifth update to COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies on July 16. This version of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) is a major…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s July 13 National Call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness”
NLIHC’s last national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on July 13. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark Calabria and HUD Assistant Secretary of Public and Indian…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) Implements $50 Million Voucher Mobility Demonstration
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a notice in the Federal Register on July 15 implementing the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) $50 million mobility demonstration authorized by…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Proposes Rent Adjustment Change to Mark-to-Market Regulations
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) issued on July 16 in the Federal Register a proposed change to rent adjustments in the Mark-to-Market regulations. The proposed rule would…
Members of Congress Call on Administration to Reverse Discriminatory Actions against LGBTQ+ Community
In recent weeks, Members of Congress have sent letters voicing their opposition to the administration’s efforts to attack the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. These letters were sent to the…
HUD’s PIH Adds Chapters to Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Guidebooks
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has begun to publish a revised Public Housing Occupancy Guidebook with three of eleven planned chapters, while continuing to add chapters to the…
HUD Announces Proposed Anti-Transgender Rule
HUD announced on July 1 that it will be releasing its proposed anti-transgender changes to the Equal Access Rule on July 1. This proposed rule change would weaken protections for transgender…
7.7 Million Very Low-Income Households Experience “Worst Case Housing Needs”
HUD published on June 19 its Worst Case Housing Needs: 2019 Report to Congress, showing that 7.7 million unassisted very low-income renter households in America spend more than half of their income…