With the 90th Texas Legislature set to convene in January 2027, the early work of agenda-setting has already begun. Because Texas lawmakers meet for just 140 days every two years, much of the policy groundwork happens in the interim, when House and Senate...
On April 12, TAAHP signed on to the letter sent to Congress by NCHSA and signed by 82 organizations representing state and local government officials and Housing Credit industry participants. The letter urged congressional leaders to amend the underlying statute of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) to facilitate its use with the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) program so that states and local governments may use these funds to build and preserve desperately needed affordable rental housing.
According to a recent story in the Austin-American Statesman, San Antonio-based non-profit, Endeavors, is distributing rent relief to low-income residents in dozens of counties across Texas earning at or below 50 percent of their area's median income who are struggling to pay rent due to the impact of the COVID19 pandemic.
According to the U.S. Treasury reporting data, over 80% of ERA assistance was delivered to very low-income households (those earning 50% of area median income and below) in 2021.
NLIHC released a new report,"Tenant Protections and Emergency Rental Assistance during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic." The report provides a descriptive analysis of new tenant protections and rental assistance-related policies enacted or implemented by states and local governments in 2021.
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard Study: Renters tapped a range of financial resources to make rent even in the face of income lost due to the pandemic.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a final rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) that establishes the benchmark levels for each of the single-family housing goals and subgoals for 2022 through 2024 and establishes the benchmark...
Treasury Issues Final Rule for Fiscal Recovery Fund Program. The interim rule established strict limits on income and geographic targeting of SLFRF funds unless recipients demonstrated the specific impacts of the pandemic on certain households and communities.
The relief announced by the IRS includes extended compliance deadlines, as well as a number of temporary waivers and alterations.
Texas Rent Relief program is closing its application portal to new applications and additional funding requests on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021.
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