Senators Todd Young (R-IN) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) on May 13 reintroduced the “Yes in My Backyard Act (YIMBY),” which aims to increase transparency and encourage affordable housing development in…
Lawmakers, advocates, and residents urged improvements to the quality and affordability of manufactured housing communities (MHCs). MHAction, a national organization and movement of manufactured home…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing announced in an email newsletter on May 18 that Multifamily-assisted households are eligible to enroll in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB), a …
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2021-16, updating guidance on the use of the $25 per occupied unit Tenant Participation Fund. This notice supersedes Notice PIH 2013-…
HUD has posted a self-paced “Understanding Section 3” training curriculum on the HUD Exchange. The curriculum is intended to provide “participants” (meaning public housing agencies, local and state…
HUD’s interim final rule on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) has cleared review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).…
As part of philanthropy’s commitment to advancing racial justice and supporting BIPOC leadership in the housing field, Funders for Housing and Opportunity (FHO) has put together a brief survey to…
NLIHC joined the National Housing Law Project, Florida Housing Coalition, National Housing Trust, and others in an amicus brief urging the Third District Court of Appeal for the State of Florida to…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign on May 18 hosted the first of a three-part webinar series, entitled “Building Multi-Sector Partnerships to Advance Housing Policy…
The Federal Reserve Board released “Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2020,” which summarizes findings from the annual Survey of Household Economics and Decision-making (SHED). This survey of…
Affordable housing advocates and renters in Nebraska recently secured a statewide tenant-rights package with the passage of LB320. The legislation combines seven of the fifteen bills introduced in…
