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On August 6, HUD released the annual update to Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) and other programs for FY 2022. The Federal Register Notice outlines the adjustments in FMR calculations, the methods and source data HUD is using to establish FMRs, ...
On August 6, HUD released the annual update to Fair Market Rents (FMR) for Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) and other programs for FY 2022. The Federal Register Notice outlines the adjustments in FMR calculations, the methods and source data HUD is using to establish FMRs, ...
Represents Greatest Investment in Social Safety Net Programs Since the Great Society
In the early morning hours today, Senate Democrats passed a fiscal year 2022 (FY22) Budget Resolution on a party line vote of 50-49 just one day after...
From The White House's press release marking the 31st Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
The Departments of Health and Human Services and Housing and Urban Development announced a partnership to increase access to accessible, integrated, affordable...
CLPHA Will Press for Expedited ERAP Application Process
The Center for Disease Control has extended the eviction moratorium in areas with rapidly increasing COVID infections for 60 days from August 3, 2021 to October 3, 2021.
CDC Eviction...
The recently introduced trillion-dollar infrastructure bipartisan agreement in the Senate, “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” includes several provisions affecting public housing under “Division F- Broadband.” In the definitions section of Title I for Broadband Grants the agreement defines a...
HUD Funding Encompassed in Consolidated Appropriations Act
On July 29, on a strict party-line vote of 219–208 with all Democrats present voting “aye” and all Republicans present voting “nay”, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a “minibus” fiscal year 2022 (FY22) appropriations legislation...
The Center on Budget Policy and Priorities (CBPP) hosted a webinar on local strategies for Child Tax Credit outreach on August 3. Local communities, including city governments, shared how they are conducting outreach and providing hands-on assistance to help ensure all eligible...
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R) announced $20 million in available grant funds for non-profit or governmental entities to provide free legal assistance to low-income residents at risk of or subject to eviction. HUD expects to make 20 awards, grant amounts...
From the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):
The federal government is conducting an all-out push to make sure tenants and landlords take advantage of the historic funding for emergency rental assistance to help cover rent, utilities, and other housing costs and keep people in their...