On March 7, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge published an open letter urging housing providers and state and local governments to adopt fee-related policies that would help create a fairer and more transparent rental market. Recommended policies that promote fairness...
FHFA announced that the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Magnet Fund will receive approximately $545 million for affordable housing initiatives from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises).
On March 3, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the availability of $70 million for Section 515 Rural Rental Housing subsequent loans in FY 2023. USDA issues subsequent loans to complete, improve, repair, or make modifications to multifamily housing...
Proposed budget would significantly invest in building affordable housing, expanding access to homeownership, redressing housing discrimination, enhancing household mobility, and ending homelessness.
Texas Rent Relief will accept new applications for rent and utility assistance Tuesday, March 14 through Tuesday, March 28.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) reintroduced seven bills to keep low-income housing tenants safe, hold property owners accountable, and increase the affordable housing stock.
As presented during TAAHP's Legislative Agenda Review Webcast, TAAHP members and partners have been collaborating over the past year to propose six housing bills for the 88th Texas Legislative Session. To date, three of TAAHP's bills have been filed. TAAHP would...
HUD No. 23-02-02 HUD funds communities through the Continuums of Care (CoC), bodies that coordinate the local implementation of the homelessness response system. CoCs cover many different configurations of geography. Some CoCs focus on population-dense areas, like...
On February 9th, The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing, “The State of Housing 2023.”
PolicyLink released a public comment guide for the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that was posted in the Federal Register on February 9. The comment guide provides a brief history of the AFFH mandate, an overview of the 2023 proposed AFFH rule and the federal rulemaking and public comment process, a step-by-step guide to help you or your organization to write and submit a strong, equity-focused comment, data sources to support it, and sample language for organizations across sectors to use in their public comment.
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