HUD’s Office of Recapitalization, which oversees the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), posted a two-page document providing guidance to Section 3 for public housing agencies (PHAs) describing…
A new set of Section 3 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) based on the new final Section 3 regulations effective November 30, 2020 (see Memo, 10/5/20) was posted on the Section 3 webpage of HUD’s…
Washington, DC – The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds HUD for publishing today in the Federal Register a rule, “Housing and Community Development Act of 1980: Verification of…
Washington, DC – President Biden announced today his priorities for the “American Jobs Plan,” an approximately $2 trillion infrastructure and recovery package. The proposal includes $213 billion “to…
HUD announced that $450 million in Indian Housing Block Grants (IHGB) will be made available to Tribes across the country to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding was included in the American…
Advocates for housing, community development, and ending homelessness are working together to urge Congress to provide robust funding for HUD and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) housing and…
President Joe Biden has nominated Adrianne Todman to serve as HUD Deputy Secretary. The White House announced the nomination on March 24 and sent the nomination to the Senate on March 25.
Ms. Todman…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released on March 16 a revised Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document regarding its $25 billion emergency rental assistance (ERA) program approved by Congress…
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) on March 17 introduced S.769, the “Housing Fairness Act of 2021.” This bill, first introduced on December 3 (see Memo, 12/14/2020), would strengthen fair housing…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published the final rule, “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds; Implementation of…
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD’s proposed regulations intended to align and consolidate the various physical inspection requirements of most of HUD’s housing programs (see Memo, 1/19 and…
The Supreme Court on March 9 agreed to dismiss litigation on the previous administration’s Public Charge Rule at the request of the Biden administration. The Court had announced on February 22 that…