NLIHC in the News for the Week of December 29
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 29: “Ben Carson’s latest plan to weaken fair housing enforcement,” The Washington Post, January 3…
FY20 Spending Bill Contains Measures to Expedite Disaster Recovery in California and Puerto Rico
The FY20 spending package Congress successfully passed on December 19 and the president subsequently signed into law included two important disaster recovery measures benefiting California and Puerto…
HUD Posts Two New Proposed Rules on FSS and PHA Capital Funds
HUD posted two new proposed regulations on the EO 12866 Regulatory Review web page of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), an arm of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). One…
Senators Duckworth, Durbin, and Booker Introduce Bill to Improve HUD Oversight of Public Housing Conditions
Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) introduced the “Averting Crises in Housing Assistance Act” (S.3088) on December 18. If passed, the bill would require HUD…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, December 23, 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 12/16…
Letter Sent to Authorizing Committees Requesting Updates to HUD’s Contingency Plan for Possible Lapse in Appropriations 2019
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent a letter on December 10 requesting updates to HUD’s Contingency Plan for Possible Lapse in Appropriations 2019 to Senators Mike…
Senator Sherrod Brown Criticizes New USICH Leader in Letter to HUD Official
Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CPD) David Woll criticizing the…
Small Area Fair Market Rents Would Increase Available Housing Options in Predominantly White Neighborhoods, Decrease Options in Predominantly Black and Hispanic Neighborhoods
A paper published in Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, “Small Area Fair Market Rents, Race, and Neighborhood Opportunity,” estimates that widespread adoption of Small Area Fair…
HUD’s Physical Inspection NSPIRE Demonstration to Address Two Resident Requests
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) posted two new features on the website of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) demonstration, both in response to…
HUD Releases New Recovery Dollars - But Continues to Illegally Withhold Funding for Puerto Rico
HUD announced in a December 3 press release that it had allocated over $2.3 billion in federal funds to support long-term disaster recovery in fifteen states and four territories. The funding, which…