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HUD Publishes State Assessment of Fair Housing Planning Tool

Mar 17, 2016

HUD recently published the draft Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) Tool for States and Insular Areas and accompanying Federal Register Notice. The tool is intended to guide states through the AFH process required under HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation. AFFH requires all entities that receive HUD funding from HOME, Community Development Block Grants, Emergency Solutions Grants, and Housing Opportunities...

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Report: Raising Minimum Wage Would Reduce Public Assistance Spending

Feb 17, 2016

A report recently issued by Economic Policy Institute, entitled Balancing Paychecks and Public Assistance: How Higher Wages Would Strengthen What Government Can Do, finds that raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would reduce public assistance expenditures by $17 billion annually. Key findings include:


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House Bill Targets ‘Over-Income’ Public Housing Residents

Feb 17, 2016

Representative Phil Roe (R-TN) recently introduced the “Fairness in Public Housing Act of 2016,” H.R. 4485, to “ensure that public housing dwelling units are occupied by low income families.” The proposed bill mandates that public housing agencies terminate the tenancy of public housing residents whose incomes are surpass 125 percent of the area median income at the annual income review, unless there are no fami...

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HUD Awards $1.8 Billion to Improve, Preserve Nation’s Public Housing

Feb 17, 2016

HUD recently announced that it is allocating more $1.8 billion to public housing authorities in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands to make needed capital improvements in their properties. The grants are provided through HUD’s Capital Fund Program, which offers annual funding to approximately 3,100 public housing authorities to build, repair, renovate, and/or moderniz...

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HUD Awards $1 Billion through National Disaster Resilience Competition

Jan 28, 2016

HUD Secretary Julián Castro and the Rockefeller Foundation recently announced the winners of the $1 billion National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC). Through NDRC, HUD will provide funding for resilient housing and infrastructure projects to states and communities that were impacted by major disasters between 2011 and 2013.


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HUD Grants to Test New Approach to Help Seniors Age in Place

Jan 28, 2016

HUD recently announced it is making approximately $15 million available to test a promising housing and services model for low-income seniors to age in their own homes and delay or avoid the need for nursing home care. HUD’s Supportive Services Demonstration for Elderly Households in HUD-Assisted Multifamily Housing will offer three-year grants to eligible owners of HUD-assisted senior housing developments to cover the cost of a ...

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How Moving To Opportunity Households Fared after Leaving Housing Assistance

Jan 28, 2016

Cityscape, a HUD policy development and research journal, recently published an article exploring how households in the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration fared after leaving housing assistance. The study found that participants who left housing assistance for positive reasons fared better in terms of income growth and neighborhood quality than those who remained assisted. However, those who left assistance for negative reasons ...

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INSIDER's Pop Quiz!

Jan 28, 2016

Q: Our site allows pets, as long as they’re 25 pounds or less. A resident requests a reasonable accommodation to keep his large dog as an assistance animal and submits documentation to show that he has a disability and that the dog provides emotional support to alleviate the symptoms of his disability. Although his dog is larger than allowed under our pet policy, could we face a discrimination claim if we deny ...

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New Guidance on Excluding Use of Arrest Records in Housing Decisions

Dec 16, 2015

On Nov. 2, HUD released Notice PIH 2015-19, “Guidance for Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and Owners of Federally-Assisted Housing on Excluding the Use of Arrest Records in Housing Decisions.” The gui...

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New National Commitment to Benefit HUD's ConnectHome Initiative

Dec 16, 2015

HUD recently announced Common Sense Media Inc. has become a national participant in HUD’s ConnectHome initiative, a public-private collaboration to connect families living in HUD-assisted housing to afford...

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