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Small PHA Legislation Introduced to Address Administrative Burdens

Mar 31, 2016

On March 21, Representatives Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.), Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.), and Brad Ashford (D-Neb.) introduced the Small Public Housing Agency Opportunity Act of 2016 (H.R. 4816) to address the administrative burdens facing small and rural housing authorities across the country.


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HUD Inspector General Testifies at House Appropriations Hearing, Critical of MTW

Mar 31, 2016

On March 15, HUD Inspector General David Montoya and DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovel testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies at a hearing on the budget requests for Offices of Inspector General (OIG) for HUD and the Department of Transportation (DOT).


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HUD Offers Grants to Clean Up Lead and Other Housing-Related Health Hazards

Mar 31, 2016

HUD recently announced that it’s making more than $100 million in grants available to help protect children from housing-related lead poisoning, asthma, and allergies. “Since 1973, HUD has been leading the charge in lead hazard identification and abatement throughout the housing industry. We know that there’s no more important mission than to protect our children and give them the greatest opportunity in their lives.

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Report Finds Lack of Housing for 7.2 Million Lowest Income Renters

Mar 31, 2016

The National Low Income Housing Coalition recently released a new report, The Gap: The Affordable Housing Gap Analysis 2016, which finds that there is a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available rental units for America’s 10.4 million extremely low-income (ELI) renter households, whose incomes are at or below 30 percent of area median income. In addition, three-quarters of ELI renters are severely cost-burdened, spending more than half of their income on re...

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Secretary Castro Testifies at THUD Appropriations Hearing

Mar 14, 2016

On March 1, HUD Secretary Julián Castro testified on the agency’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget request before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD). Republican members of the subcommittee took issue with mandatory spending classifications, questioned the implementation of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, and brought up recent Inspector General reports.


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Study Finds Affordable Housing Reduces Healthcare Costs

Mar 14, 2016

A recent study, “Health in Housing: Exploring the Intersection Between Housing and Health Care,” conducted by researchers from the Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE) and in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners found that Medicaid-covered residents had fewer emergency department visits, used more primary care, and accumulated lower medical expenditures compared with the year before they moved into affordable housing.


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Waiting Lists Underestimate Demand for Housing Assistance

Mar 14, 2016

A report recently released by the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) titled Housing Agency Waiting Lists and the Demand for Housing Assistance estimates there are approximately 1.6 million families on public housing waiting lists and more than 2.8 million families on Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) waiting lists.


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HUD Updates Expiration Date on VAWA Addendum

Mar 14, 2016

HUD recently released a new version of the HUD Form 91067—VAWA Addendum. With the exception of the expiration date, the content of the form has not changed from its previous version.

A site owner must have a VAWA lease addendum for all current and new tenants. Although HUD provides a VAWA lease addendum (HUD Form 91067), this isn’t a mandatory form. Owners can incorporate the VAWA protections in the lease and forms, or create a lease addendum with the ...

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New Orleans Report Shows Link Between Housing Vouchers and Gun Violence

Feb 15, 2016

A recently published report from the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center showed that children living in voucher-assisted households are more likely to live in violent neighborhoods. According to the report, fewer than 2 percent of children in voucher-assisted families live in one of the 13 New Orleans neighborhoods that has averaged zero shootings between 2011 and 2015. Meanwhile, 55 percent of kids living in voucher-assisted households live among the 12 neig...

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New Funding Opportunities for Elderly Households in HUD Multifamily Properties

Feb 15, 2016

HUD recently announced availability of approximately $15 million in funds under HUD’s Fiscal Year 2015 Supportive Services Demonstration for Elderly Households in HUD-assisted multifamily housing. The funds would be available for up to 80 grants for a three-year demonstration to eligible owners of HUD-assisted senior housing developments to cover the cost of a full-time enhanced service coordinator, a part-time wellness nurse, and some start-up costs. There is no ...

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