HUD recently announced that it’s awarding $6 million to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) to provide critically needed technical assistance to distressed communities with populations under 40,000, including those located in Opportunity Zones and communities struggling to recover from natural disasters. 

HUD recently announced the release of the first set of National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) standards, presented to allow stakeholders an opportunity to provide HUD with feedback while it’s testing the standards with demonstration volunteer properties.

The House Financial Services Committee recently voted unanimously to approve H.R. 3702, the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2019.” Representative Al Green (D-TX-9) is the bill's sponsor, and Representative Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) is an original co-sponsor. H.R. 3702 will now go to the full House for a vote.

The final bill intends to strengthen administration and oversight of the CDBG-DR Program to ensure that disaster recovery funds are distributed...

HUD recently opened a pre-registration for agencies interested in participating in the NSPIRE Demonstration. NSPIRE is a new physical housing inspection model, and HUD wants to test the adjustments to standards, protocols, and processes prior to nationwide implementation. The department is seeking participation from 4,500 properties and will select from a nationwide pool of Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and Property Owners and Agents (POAs).

Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) recently introduced the “Carbon Monoxide Alarms Leading Every Resident to Safety Act” to help protect residents of federally assisted housing from carbon monoxide poisoning. The bill was introduced in response to the deaths of 13 public housing residents from the toxic gas since 2003, and HUD Secretary Carson has made this a priority issue and supports legislative efforts to install carbon monoxide (CO) alarm...

A group of 19 Democratic senators led by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) recently sent a letter to HUD Secretary Carson opposing the agency’s proposal to prohibit mixed-status immigrant families from living in public and other subsidized housing.

HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) recently published three of 13 chapters of a revised Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Guidebook. The previous guidebook (7420.10G) is from 2001. According to HUD, the HCV Guidebook is being published as chapters are completed to provide PHAs, families, and other parties with the most current information as soon as possible. 

The House Financial Services Committee recently advanced a series of housing-related measures, including bills to reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and block HUD from implementing proposed rules that would bar families with mixed immigration status from housing assistance and alter HUD’s Equal Access Rule.

A daughter moved into her mother’s New York City public housing unit when the mother began to show signs of dementia. After her mother died, the daughter claimed succession rights to the unit. She claimed that her mother had advised the site manager that she had moved in and that she herself had several conversations with the manager, to the same effect, between November 2010 and July 2011.

HUD recently awarded nearly $1.5 billion to support seven states in their recovery from major disasters that occurred last year, including Hurricane Michael, Hurricane Florence, and devastating wildfires in California. These funds are provided through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program and will address seriously damaged housing, businesses, and infrastructure in hard-hit areas of these states. The CDBG-DR Program re...