NAHRO News:
House committee holds hearing on housing as key to Building Back a Better America
NAHRO’s in-depth analysis of FY 2022 Senate THUD bill
Spartanburg Housing Authority wins national award for after-school ‘homework club’
New public housing? HUD has found a way
Call-in day for historic housing investments
HUD Secretary Fudge to speak at National Conference!
House Committee proposes $80B infrastructure investment in public housing
Last day to send August Advocacy letters!
More money coming for housing as crises mount
Joe Biden’s homebuyer tax credit not enough to fix America’s housing crisis
Increased demand for affordable housing requires integrated solutions
As evictions loom, rent is ‘out of reach’ for most low-wage workers across US, report shows
Rental aid emerges as new housing fight after eviction ban
Out of the Pandemic, A Better Approach to Homelessness
Low-income housing tax credit briefs
UPDATE: Eviction moratorium expires; NAHRO urges extension
Leading Age steps up campaign for affordable housing for older Americans
Join us on July 15 for housing is infrastructure call-in day!
Djamila Cabugos named to Rona Barrett Foundation board
National News:
Build Back Better Framework (Press release)
Congress isn’t going to save the housing market
Democrats race to reach deal on economic initiatives as Biden prepares to depart on foreign tour (Subscription required)
Housing advocates fight to maintain place in social-spending bill
HUD officially extends its programs to Cherokee Freedmen descendants (Subscription required)
Why some bankers are rushing to settle U.S. redlining probes
Affordable housing is critical infrastructure — its funding doesn’t show it (Opinion)
Less than a quarter of eviction aid disbursed, Treasury says
Can new construction methods lower the cost of housing?
Residents in decaying public housing see futures on the line as Democrats trim spending bill
Can new construction methods lower the cost of housing?
Cities’ answer to sprawl? Go wild.
Where President Biden’s economic plan appears to stand right now: From taxes to climate policy to Medicare to immigration (Subscription required)
Democrats weigh slashing $200B in housing aid from spending bill
The ‘broadband gap’ is now a housing problem
The simplest fix to America’s rent problem
Housing is the great endangered necessity of the Build Back Better Bill
VA, HUD-VASH and nonprofit secure safe housing for older Veterans
Where are COVID rescue funds going? The place with pervasive, ‘urgent’ need: Housing (Subscription required)
Build Back Better’s housing investments at risk
How to make universal vouchers actually work
As rents rise, so do pressures on people at risk of eviction (Subscription required)
Funding fight threatens plan to pump billions into affordable housing (Subscription required)
Federal housing spending might be cut from Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget
Mass evictions didn’t result after U.S. ban ended, despite fears (Subscription required)
Opinion: HUD must disclose flood risk to protect low-income homebuyers (Opinion)
What’s driving the huge U.S. rent spike?
Biden administration releases alarming reports on climate change challenges
Can Biden deliver on his promise to expand housing vouchers?
Could collective ownership of housing and land help solve the housing crisis?
Extreme heat caused by urbanization, global warming threatening cities: study
A top House progressive says $1.5 trillion is not enough to pass social spending plan
The rent help is too damn slow (Planet Money-Podcast/Radio)
Congressional Democrats’ infighting is jeopardizing a historic expansion of housing access
‘The moratorium saved us. It really did.’ (Opinion + subscription required)
‘Cast out, unwanted, invisible’: homeless in America – in pictures (Photo essay)
One reason rent relief isn’t getting out
Freddie Mac finds ‘pervasive’ bias in home appraisal industry
Most rental aid went unspent in August, sparking Treasury warning
The feared eviction ‘tsunami’ has not yet happened. Experts are conflicted on why. (Subscription required)
For many families world-wide, a dream home is out of reach (Subscription required)
How lawyers could prevent America’s eviction crisis from getting a whole lot worse
Pelosi steers Dems toward infrastructure vote, without spending bill in tow
When real estate agents led the fight against fair housing
A federal program aimed at halting evictions is showing signs of improvement. (Subscription required)
Closing the funding gap for housing developers of color
US Democrats face consequential week on infrastructure overhaul
Evicted in less than 10 minutes: courts fail tenants broken by pandemic
More Americans are moving into fire-risky areas
More rental aid is reaching tenants to stave off eviction
Can the Biden Admin ‘House America’?
How a hot housing market exacerbates inequality
How to convert hotels into housing for the homeless
Rep. Bush, Sen. Warren introduce bill to reinstate federal eviction moratorium
A new housing regulator could make the American dream more accessible for millions
The Biden Administration pushes cities to get serious about homelessness
Infrastructure summer: A surprisingly radical housing bill
Sec. Fudge says HUD “could do better” on rental aid outreach
U.S. HUD eases rules to speed funds to aid homeless
Treasury to release more rental aid to avert evictions
You can’t stop evictions if you don’t pay people’s rent
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge on the efforts to avert pandemic housing crisis (Radio)
Millions of older Americans live on the economic edge—evictions will send them into homelessness
The federal government sells flood-prone homes to often unsuspecting buyers, NPR finds
A factory-built home as a means to affordable housing (Subscription required)
In defense of the “gentrification building”
The coming wave of evictions is more than a housing crisis
Why $46 billion couldn’t prevent an eviction crisis (Subscription required)
Biden is directing federal aid to New Jersey and New York after Ida’s deadly flooding
How climate disasters worsen housing disasters
The affordable housing shortage is hurting Afghan refugees
Housing organizations pivot to provide COVID testing and vaccinations
The end of the eviction moratorium is a wake-up call for democratic lawmakers
The housing shortage is significant. It’s acute for small, entry-level homes
Q&A: How to put racial equity at the heart of community development
Housing advocates warn of impending crisis for tenants as eviction bans, unemployment benefits end
Don’t mind the gap in intergenerational housing (Subscription required)
Landlords crushed by eviction bans rush to sell properties, stifling rental market
White House to unveil steps aimed at easing housing supply shortage (Subscription required)
Evictions reckoning: Landlord-tenant tension at breaking point
The national eviction ban is over. But renters still can’t be forced out in these states
Where will the eviction wave hit? Follow the big landlords
‘Nobody is this incompetent’: Rental aid slowdown puts target on governors, mayors
Evictions are increasing as judges grow tired of the national moratorium (Subscription required)
Supreme Court throws out Biden administration eviction moratorium
About 89% of rental assistance funds have not been distributed, figures show (Subscription required)
Universal housing vouchers: a promise or pipe dream?
Denser cities could be a climate boon – but nimbyism stands in the way
In this housing boom, mortgages are for losers (Opinion)
Moving target on eviction ban is ‘whiplash’ for landlords
A family struggles to find housing on the front lines of the climate crisis (Film)
Airbnb to offer free housing to 20,000 Afghan refugees (Subscription required)
One way to tackle extreme poverty: replace dirt floors
Another climate risk for cities: Higher borrowing costs
How one universal basic income experiment is helping the homeless get off the streets
Landlords again ask Supreme Court to block Biden administration’s eviction moratorium
Universal Housing Vouchers: A Promise or a Pipe Dream?
Transitional housing helps homeless youth get on their feet
How the US made affordable homes illegal (Video)
Suffering landlords are Washington ‘s new eviction problem
What if disinvested communities had real power to allocate federal budget aid for local governments?
How state and local governments can avoid mass evictions (Opinion)
HUD, FHFA pact redoubles fair housing enforcement for Fannie, Freddie
America’s housing crisis is a choice (Opinion + subscription required)
Bidding wars erupt for renters as the economy recovers in a hot housing market
Nearly half of American workers don’t earn enough to afford a one-bedroom rental
The eventual end of the eviction moratorium will hurt renters – and not in the way you expect
Evicted, despite a federal moratorium: ‘I do not know what I am going to do’ (Subscription required)
Tall buildings: Good for the housing crisis, bad for the climate crisis
More people live in flood zones than previously thought
With tenants who won’t pay or leave, small landlords face struggles of their own (Subscription required)
Eviction moratorium ‘s renewal squeezes small landlords (Subscription required)
The stigma of a scarlet E (Subscription required)
Rental aid emerges as new housing fight after eviction ban
Is an Infrastructure investment in housing on its way?
It’s time to make a long-term investment in housing vouchers (Opinion)
To get federal rent relief from tenants, landlords file evictions against them
Rental aid emerges as new housing fight after eviction ban
CDC extends modified eviction moratorium
Everywhere you look America’s housing crisis is getting worse
Last-minute eviction ban extension fuels confusion and is too late for some (Subscription required)
Out of the pandemic, a better approach to homelessness
The lapsed eviction moratorium is the Supreme Court ‘s fault
White House calls on states to do more after federal eviction ban expires
The national eviction ban will expire in 2 days. Renters in these states are still protected
Where eviction risk is high, covid vaccination rates are low
A historic eviction crisis could be coming to the U.S. in days, this housing expert warns
The infrastructure plan: What ‘s in and what’s out (subscription required)
Will the White House extend the eviction moratorium again?
How the Fed should be helping housing
HUD announces new COVID-19 recovery loss mitigation options
States are buying hotels to provide short and long-term housing for wildfire survivors
‘Unprecedented spike’ in U.S. evictions looming as ban expires
End of eviction moratorium puts many tenants at risk of losing their homes (Subscription required)
Housing Discrimination: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Video)
Why empty offices aren’t being turned into housing, despite lengthy vacancies
America ‘s houses are old. Low-income renters are suffering because of it.
Short-term fixes aren’t enough to solve America’s looming eviction crisis (Opinion)
Hopes for generational investment in housing fade in DC
HUD proposes looser safety requirements in public housing despite tenant concerns
Republicans hammer HUD chief over sluggish rental aid
Treasury distributes $1.5 billion in rental assistance in June as eviction moratorium end looms
As disasters spiral, cities confront need for climate adaptation
The pandemic safety net is coming apart. Now what? (Subscription required)
The week ahead: HUD to outline its equitable housing goals on the Hill
As HUD proposes weaker safety rules, Congress proposes new tenant rights bill
Biden renews push for housing in infrastructure plan
Rents are out reach for most Americans earning minimum wage, a study says
White House to hold second eviction-prevention meeting with local officials as housing concerns mount (Subscription required)
HUD fills several key positions after months of vacancies
With federal eviction moratorium set to expire, states offer patchwork protections
HUD fills several key positions after months of vacancies
With federal eviction moratorium set to expire, states offer patchwork protections
‘Five-alarm fire’: Slow trickle of rental aid heightens concern about eviction crisis (Subscription required)
‘Housing is infrastructure’: Marcia Fudge’s vision for a HUD that serves the people
Bill would ban facial recognition in public housing
Pricey lumber is making it harder to build low-income homes
U.S. housing shortage will be around for ‘years to come,’ says Taylor Morrison CEO
Eviction deadline looms for millions of tenants with surging rent debt
Rescue plan has billions available for housing, advocates urge officials to take it
Biden’s new dilemma: How to slash housing costs for low-income borrowers
How does the legacy of housing discrimination affect food access?
Race is on to get rental assistance out to avert evictions
Rent catches up to pre-pandemic estimates, except in big cities
State News:
20-year-old Austinite celebrates new apartment after experiencing homelessness, life in foster care
San Antonio Housing Authority extends eviction moratorium deadline through March 2022
Listening, empathy key to reach vaccine-wary residents for Waco Housing Authority advocate
The Texas Rent Relief program paid the wrong landlord, and this Plano family got evicted
Fort Worth is trying to close its COVID vaccine gap. What’s working elsewhere in Texas?
Mayor Turner promises to release information about housing project after ethics allegations
Texas Southern University awarded $1 million research grant from HUD
Texas Rent Relief program outperforms other states, but complaints abound
Mayor Sylvester Turner names new housing director one day after firing former dept. head
Turner fires Houston housing director who accused him of ‘charade’ bid process to benefit developer (Subscription required)
Texas’ homeless suffer due to lack of public housing as public camping is criminalized (Video)
“I just want to bust out crying”: Evictions put strain on tenants and law enforcement
Waco Housing Authority seeks to clear $111K rent backlog with state program
City breaks ground on new permanent supportive housing in North Austin, help the homeless
Rebranding ceremony of El Paso housing authority celebrated with lighting of Blue Flame
Texas Supreme Court extends state program to help tenants avoid eviction until Oct. 1
Minimum wage workers struggle to pay rent in Austin more than any other Texas city, report says
San Antonio Housing Authority removes ‘interim’ from CEO’s title
Millions of dollars that few are applying for in Dallas County housing assistance
Phase 3 of Austin’s homeless camping ban has begun: What that means
Houston council OKs $12.5M to replace low-income housing project displaced by I-45 expansion
As Austin booms, homelessness faces crackdown (Subscription required)