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Developers or housing authorities applying for HUD grant funds now have to make sure that they are complying with state and local antidiscrimination laws that protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals if they wish to receive those funds. HUD has just published a notice detailing the general requirements that will apply to all of its competitively awarded grant programs for fiscal year 2010.
HUD has begun the process of implementing the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), consolidating three separate assistance programs into a single grant program.
The HEARTH Act creates the Emergency Solutions Grant Program and the Rural Housing Stability Program, and codifies the Continuum of Care planning process to assist homeless persons.
HUD, along with other national agencies and an advocacy group, wants families to get the message about the dangers of lead and the health risks it poses to children and pregnant women.
In an initiative to raise awareness of the consequences of lead poisoning among those who live in homes built before 1978, HUD joined the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Ad Council to kick off a national multimedia p...
HUD and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are collaborating to provide housing assistance for nonelderly individuals with disabilities. Approximately $40 million is being made available to support independent living as an alternative to institutional care.
Proposed legislation known as the Energy Efficiency Modernization Act of 2009 (H.R. 4099, S. 2897), currently pending in the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking Committee, contains language and some requirements that concern housing organizations, including the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA) and the National Leased Housing Association (NLHA).
HUD has released more than $13 million in grants for 25 projects to conduct activities intended to make low-income housing safer and healthier. Funded activities include: eliminating lead and housing-related hazards in thousands of homes; training workers in lead and healthy homes interventions; supporting research to improve home safety efforts; increasing public awareness; and evaluating outreach on controlling housing-based hazards.
HUD has extended the Disaster Voucher Program (DVP) for all pre-disaster public housing, project-based, homeless, and special needs housing families currently receiving DVP assistance. The deadline for the program had been Dec. 31, 2009, depending on the availability of funding and the number of families expected to be assisted. The new deadline is Sept. 30, 2010.
Recipients of federal funds are obligated to comply with pertinent laws and regulations that help ensure the rights of persons with disabilities.
HUD recently emphasized the need for compliance in a reminder notice for all those receiving federal funds in its various housing programs and activities [Notice PIH—2010-2 (HA)]. The notice also applies to contractors or other agents of public housing agencies (PHAs) performing covered work or conducting covered a...
On Nov. 16, 2009, HUD's Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) published a new protocol entitled “Property Requirements for the Inspection of Elevator Equipment Rooms.” The new requirements, effective Jan. 4, 2010, apply to HUD-assisted and -insured properties with elevators.
Beginning on the effective date, REAC inspectors will not enter or inspect enclosed rooms that house only elevator equipment. If the door to the room is not locked at the time o...
HUD will begin publishing online a full historical view of detailed information on the physical condition of public housing and multifamily units across the U.S. and will offer the public the opportunity to contribute to HUD's long-term strategic plan through a new interactive “suggestion box.”
Along with 15 other cabinet agencies, HUD is launching initiatives to increase transparency through the Obama administration's Open Government Directive...
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