HUD Provides Lead-Safe Housing Rule Training Material
HUD has added training and resource webpages with information about federal lead regulations and the Lead Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) Amendment for pre-1978 housing on its website. The goal of these…
HUD Provides Guidance Regarding Requirement to Complete HOME Projects in Four Years
HUD issued Notice CPD-20-01 on January 8, providing guidance to participating jurisdictions (PJs) regarding the requirement that projects assisted with HOME Investment Partnerships program funds be…
HUD Provides Online Version of Building HOME
HUD announced on January 13, a new online version of Building Home, a 12-module training program about the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. The Building HOME online training is an interactive…
“Redesigning Disaster Recovery” to be Explored at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
A session on “Redesigning Disaster Recovery” will be a featured at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020. …
Honor COHHIO’s Bill Faith, 2020 Cushing Dolbeare Lifetime Service Awardee, with a Contribution to NLIHC
NLIHC will honor Bill Faith, executive director of the Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio (COHHIO) and former NLIHC board chair, with the 2020 Cushing Dolbeare Lifetime Service Award,…
Moderators Fail to Ask about Affordable Housing at Iowa Presidential Candidate Debate; Rep Delaney Tours “Undesign the Redline”
Prior to six presidential hopefuls taking to the stage for a nationally televised debate in Des Moines, IA last week, more than 1,000 organizations, in partnership with NLIHC and the Polk County…
HUD Announces Completion of Grant Agreement with Puerto Rico to Make Nearly $8.3 Billion in CDBG Disaster Mitigation Funds Available and Issues Notice Containing Conditions
After many months of delay, HUD Secretary Ben Carson formally announced a grant agreement with Puerto Rico on January 16, making an additional $8.285 billion in Community Development Block Grant…
Appropriations Committee Announces Bill to Provide $3 Billion in Emergency Funding to Puerto Rico
The House Appropriations Committee unveiled on January 16, a supplemental Bipartisan Budget Act bill authored by Representative Nita Lowey (D-NY) to provide emergency assistance to Puerto Rico in the…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates, January 21, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 1/13…
Report Examines Housing Accessibility for Older Adults with Extremely Low-Incomes
A report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS), Accessibility Features for Older Households in Subsidized Housing, examines the accessibility of the federally…
Study Compares Market-Based Rental Subsidy Programs in the Netherlands, UK, and U.S.
An article in Housing Studies, “The Use of Markets in Housing Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Housing Subsidy Programs,” compares market-based, demand-side rental housing subsidy programs in the…