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Emergency Broadband Benefit Enrollment Exceeds 4M Households

Aug 12, 2021

FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel recently announced that over four million households have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, the nation’s largest broadband affordability program to date. The $3.2 billion subsidy program initiated by Congress provides a temporary $50 to $75 discount on eligible households’ Internet bills during the duration of the pandemic.


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GAO Urges More Comprehensive REAC Changes

Jul 15, 2021

Recommendations include processes to address lead paint hazards.

 

On July 6, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) updated its April 2020 list of priority recommendations for HUD. The earlier list outlined 17 “priority open” recommendations—those that warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies because their implementation could:


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GAO Reports on Adopting Stricter Lead Testing in Voucher Program

Jun 10, 2021

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report on a review the office made on HUD’s efforts to address lead paint hazards. HUD has primary responsibility for identifying lead paint hazards in housing receiving HUD assistance, including private rental units in the voucher program. Some members of Congress have raised questions about whether the voucher program should change from visual assessments to a stricter lead evaluation method.


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HUD Secretary Testifies on Importance of the American Jobs Plan

Jun 10, 2021

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge and Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently testified in a joint hearing on the American Jobs Plan for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The infrastructure plan seeks to expand affordable housing, and the joint hearing focused on how housing and transit work together to support communities and jobs, and the importance of housing as infrastructure.


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HUD and HHS to Expand Access to COVID-19 Vaccinations

May 11, 2021

HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge and U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra recently announced a joint-agency effort to increase access to COVID-19 prevention and treatment services, including testing and vaccines, among disproportionately affected communities, including among HUD-assisted households and people experiencing homelessness.


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Federal Judge Vacates CDC Eviction Moratorium

May 11, 2021

The Justice Department is appealing the decision.

 

On May 5, 2021, a federal judge in the District of Columbia set aside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) nationwide moratorium on residential evictions, which the CDC had recently extended beyond its congressionally approved expiration date of March 31 to June 30, 2021 [Alabama Association of Realtors, et al. v. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services].


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American Jobs Plan Encompasses Affordable Housing Infrastructure

Apr 9, 2021

On March 31, the White House released an outline of a $2 trillion plan to rebuild U.S. infrastructure, with a focus on stimulating the long-term recovery of the American economy, combating climate change, and addressing persistent racial injustice. The framework, called the American Jobs Plan, calls for boosting federal investment in a range of infrastructure systems, including housing, transportation, schools, broadband, electric grid, and drinking water systems.


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Research Supports a Flexible Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Mar 11, 2021

A recent study sought to glean lessons from the state and local rental assistance programs launched in 2020 before the emergency rental assistance programs funded by the coronavirus relief package signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020, ramps up. The difficult task of administering these funds will fall to state and local governments, many of which have never provided direct rental assistance, or will need to scale up their 2020 efforts significantly.


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Landlord Incentives in the HCV Program: Do They Work?

Feb 11, 2021

HUD’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report on a limited review conducted to determine the use of landlord incentives in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration program to increase landlord participation and retention in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. The review also considered landlord incentives to expand housing options for voucher households outside areas of low-income or minority concentration.


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Nomination for HUD Secretary Advances to Full Senate

Feb 11, 2021

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee recently advanced the nomination of HUD Secretary-designate Marcia Fudge (D-OH) to the full Senate on a 17-7 bipartisan vote. If confirmed, Representative Fudge will be the first woman in 40 years, and the second Black woman, ever to lead HUD.


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