Senate Committee Holds Two-Day Hearing on Housing Finance Reform
The Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee held a two-part hearing on Chairman Crapo’s (R-ID) outline for housing finance reform on March 26-27. Many witnesses spoke about housing…
Campaign Releases National Polling Results Finding Vast Majority Believes Housing Affordability Should Be “Top National Priority”
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released on March 28 at the NLIHC Housing Policy Forum the results of a nationwide public opinion poll it commissioned with Hart…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Releases Growth Projections of Homeowner and Renter Households
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released growth projections of homeowner and renter households in a new report, Tenure Projections of Homeowner and Renter Households for 2018-2038…
Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance Budget Authority as a Share of GDP Has Declined Precipitously, Spending Relatively Consistent, Since the 1970s
Source: OMB Historical Tables 5.1 (Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction) and 10.1 (Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in Historical Tables: 1940-2024).
HUD Proposes Major Changes to Section 3 Rule Regarding Employment Opportunities for Low-Income People
HUD published the long-awaited update to the 1994 interim Section 3 rule on April 4. Several potential improvements are proposed, such as using “labor hours worked” instead of “new hires” in many…
HUD Further Streamlines Process for Small PHAs to Convert Public Housing to Vouchers
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2019-05, further streamlining the process for a public housing agency (PHA) with fewer than 250 public housing units (“Small PHA”) to…
HUD REAC to Collect Information about Carbon Monoxide Detectors at Federally Assisted Housing
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) sent Inspector Notice No. 2019-01 to inspectors requiring them to collect information about carbon monoxide (CO) detectors in all federally assisted and…
HUD Announces Section 202 Capital Advance NOFA
HUD announced on April 4 that $50 million in Capital Advance funding is now available under the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program Capital Advance program. These are the first…
National Fair Housing Alliance Reaches Settlement with Facebook
The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), Communications Workers of America (CWA), several regional fair housing organizations, and individual consumers and job seekers settled civil rights claims…
HUD Files Housing Discrimination Complaint against Facebook, Alleging Electronic Red Lining and Other Violations
HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) Anna Maria Farías filed a Charge of Discrimination against Facebook with HUD’s Office of Administrative Law Judges on March 28.…
HUD Finds Los Angeles Continues to Violate Housing Accessibility Laws for People with Disabilities
HUD issued a Supplemental Letter of Findings to the City of Los Angeles on April 1 detailing the City’s ongoing failure to provide accessible housing for low-income people with disabilities. The…