Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Analysis Showing Government Will Likely Default on Loans in Summer or Early Fall
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released an analysis on February 22 finding that, absent congressional action, the federal government will likely default on its loans during the summer or early…
HUD Multifamily Office Issues Notice Explaining Uses of Supportive Services for Section 202 Supportive Housing for Low-Income Elderly Projects with PRACs
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) issued Notice H-2023-02 on February 9, explaining the purpose and allowable uses of supportive services funds and the requirements for…
HUD Inspector General Finds Office of Multifamily Programs Did Not Identify Properties with Successive Failing Physical Inspection Scores
HUD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued “Previous Participation Flags in Multifamily’s Active Partner Performance System,” an audit of the Office of Multifamily Programs (Multifamily). The…
Final Rule Implementing HOTMA Sections 102, 103, and 104 Published in Federal Register
The final rule implementing all but one of the remaining provisions of the “Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016” (HOTMA) was published in the Federal Register on February 14. The…
NLIHC-Led DHRC Responds to HUD Request for Information about Long-Term Disaster Recovery Program
HUD issued a historic Request for Information (RFI) regarding both the allocation formula and rules of the agency’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program in late 2022…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – February 27
Congressional and National Updates Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has a history of pushing for urgent action related to climate change. As the new chair of the powerful Senate Budget Committee,…
Housing Instability Identified as Social Determinant of Heart Disease in New Study
A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association identifies housing instability as a risk factor for heart disease. The study examined 3,100 counties across the U.S. using data…
Housing Supply Constraints Can Impact Adult Homelessness
An article published in Urban Studies by Casey Dawkins, “Homelessness and Housing Supply,” assesses the relationship between housing supply constraints, especially land use regulations, and rates of…
Many Cities Fail to Connect Restrictive Land Use Policies with Homelessness
A brief published by researchers from Boston University, Cornell University, and Community Solutions, “Cities, Zoning, and the Fragmented Response to Homelessness,” explores the extent to which…
Adults with HUD Assistance Were More Likely to Have Long COVID Than Adults without HUD Assistance
Sources: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, “Self-Reported Long COVID-19 among HUD-Assisted Adults: Preliminary Findings from the Household Pulse Survey (HPS) Linked with HUD…
City of Fort Myers Approves Housing Trust Fund Rental Assistance Program
The City Council of Fort Myers, Florida, approved an ordinance in January to create an Affordable Housing Trust Fund Rental Assistance program that will provide monthly assistance to households with…