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HUD recently announced the third and final round of allocation of the $5 billion Congress provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in supplemental Community Development Block Grant funding (CDBG-CV). To date, HUD has provided nearly $5 billion in CDBG funding nationwide to help communities combat the coronavirus and alleviate economic hardship.
The funds are focused toward places with households facing higher risk of eviction. Spe...
HUD recently published a notice in the Federal Register on the fair market rents (FMRs) for the Housing Choice Voucher program, Moderate Rehabilitation Single Room Occupancy program, and other programs for fiscal year 2021.
On Aug. 8, President Trump issued an executive order to address COVID-19-related challenges for renters. The order directs a number of federal agencies, including HUD and the Treasury Department, to consider actions to prevent eviction and foreclosure. It requires the secretaries of Treasury and HUD to identify any available federal funds that could be used to provide temporary financial assistance to renters because of the pandemic.
HUD recently announced $472 million in CARES Act funding to help low-income families during the coronavirus pandemic. This funding can be used by public housing authorities (PHAs) to help families assisted by Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) and mainstream vouchers prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus. The funding is made available by the CARES Act legislation President Trump signed into law on March 27, 2020.
On July 23, the Office of Housing published Housing Notice H-2020-08, “Availability of Funds for COVID-19 Supplemental Payments (CSPs) for Properties Receiving Project-Based Rental Assistance under the Section 8, Section 202, or Section 811 Programs.” HUD is making available CARES Act funds to offset property expenditures to combat the effects of COVID-19. This notice provides a method for owners to receive payments beyond the amounts available under the ter...
On July 23, HUD issued a new Preserving Community and Neighborhood Choice final rule, which repeals the 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) final rule and the 1994 Analysis of Impediments requirements. This move is a return to HUD’s pre-1994 understanding of the 1968 Fair Housing Act’s obligation to affirmatively further fair housing.
Ahead of the Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden’s presidential campaign recently released the policy recommendations reached by its joint task forces with supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders. The idea of joint task forces was born out of Biden and Sanders’ pledges to unite the party ahead of the November election.
HUD continues to encourage owners of multifamily properties to work with tenants who have lost jobs and income due to the COVID-19 pandemic to help them stay stably housed. HUD recently issued a brochure entitled, “Promoting Housing Stability During the COVID-19 National Emergency.” The brochure applies to multifamily housing programs, but doesn’t apply to Public...
HUD recently posted a new report, Worst Case Housing Needs: 2019 Report to Congress. This report is the 17th in a longstanding series providing national data and analysis of critical housing problems facing very low-income renting families. “Worst case housing needs” households are very low-income renter households who don’t receive government housing assistance and are paying more than half of their income toward housing costs.
The HUD Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently published a report evaluating HUD’s use of agency-wide telework in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. HUD deployed mandatory telework for its employees nationwide as part of an evacuation order on March 20, 2020. Access to all HUD offices was permitted only when required for mission critical functions.
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