NAHRO News:
Today: Webinar: MTW Expansion Cohort #4 – what is it and how to apply?
HUD Proposes Final Rule to the FSS Program
Wednesday: Webinar: MTW Expansion Cohort #4 – what is it and how to apply?
Thursday: Housing Update from Washington on Section 3 Guidance and the Davis-Bacon Proposed Rule
Next week’s webinar: MTW expansion cohort #4 – what is it and how to apply?
New NAHRO AMS to provide improved customer experience
Today: Join NAHRO CEO and Legislative Affairs for a Conversation on Advocacy
Thursday: Join NAHRO CEO and Legislative Affairs for a conversation on advocacy
A message from NAHRO CEO Mark Thiele
NAHRO celebrates National Community Development Week
Deadline extended to April 29! Apply for an Award of Merit and showcase your agency’s best work!
This Thursday: Join NAHRO for a Housing Update from Washington on the President’s 2023 Budget
President releases FY 2023 budget proposal
San Diego Housing Commission report on affordability wins national award
Next Week: Join NAHRO for our Online Washington Conference!
NAHRO Board of Governors appoints Mark Thiele as NAHRO Chief Executive Officer
Join us for vital sessions on public housing, vouchers, RAD, LIHTC and more!
Today: Join NAHRO for a housing update from Washington on Appropriations
President Biden signs $4 billion increase in HUD spending, reauthorization of VAWA
Thursday: Join NAHRO for a Housing Update from Washington on Appropriations
Congress approves FY 2022 Appropriations Bill
Raise your voice at NAHRO’s Virtual Hill Day!
House approves $4 billion increase in HUD spending, reauthorization of VAWA
Raise your voice at NAHRO’s Virtual Hill Day!
TODAY: Housing Update from Washington: Expedited Waivers and SEMAP/PHAS
Statement from NAHRO Interim CEO on State of the Union Address
Expedited waiver notice deadline is extended till April 1
Join NAHRO for a housing update from Washington on appropriations!
This week: Join NAHRO for a housing update from Washington on appropriations
Funding delays worry housing advocates
PHAS assessments to resume for FYE 2022
TODAY: Updated Waiver Guidance for 2022 e-Briefing
This week: updated waiver guidance for 2022 e-Briefing
Next week: updated waiver guidance for 2022 e-Briefing
Join NAHRO this Thursday for a Housing Update from Washington on the Build Back Better Act
Join your colleagues to support Build Back Better
Area youth shares “What home means”
The U.S. ignored public housing. Here’s what happened
National News:
Counties pledge to break the cycle between jail and homelessness
HUD announces $10.3 billion in grants for housing and community development activities across U.S. (Press release)
The U.S. housing market has peaked
Why ADUs can’t solve the nation’s housing crisis
1 in 6 Americans live in areas with significant wildfire risk (Subscription required)
America’s new landlord: private equity (Upcoming webinar
Biden administration unveils action plan to boost affordable housing
Biden Administration targets housing supply shortage (Subscription required)
Homelessness is a housing and racism problem
Housing costs rise at the fastest pace in decades — but some Americans are already feeling the brunt
Rising home prices are leading to fears of a new housing bubble
Why did U.S. cities resegregate?
The good and bad news about housing for LGBTQ Americans
CDFI has a new tool to boost minority homeownership
Federal eviction protection program doubles to $20 million
Giving ex-prisoners public housing cuts crime and re-incarceration – and saves money
On one-year anniversary of innovative “Faircloth-to-RAD” initiative, HUD on track ot create nearly 1,850 new affordable housing units (Press release)
What happened to those Build Back Better housing investments?
Regulators propose first major revamp to fair housing rules since 1995
Rising rates will cool the housing market. But a crash is unlikely. (Subscription required)
Wages can’t keep up with spike in housing prices (Subscription required)
ADUs: defined, disambiguated, and debated
Environmental racism: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (video)
Study identifies way to predict homelessness among veterans before they leave the service
Biden wants to move faster sending disaster aid to states
What does affordable housing do to nearby property values?
Eviction filings are up sharply as pandemic rental aid starts to run out
How not to build affordable housing (opinion + subscription required)
The extraordinary wealth created by the pandemic housing market (subscription required)
Homeless shelters begin to see value in making room for pets
How much time does trauma-informed community building take? It’s complicated
How an obscure HUD definition is leaving housing dollars unspent
How to fight the affordable housing and climate crises at once
Eviction reduction should be an explicit goal of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program
New data shows who, exactly, got evicted the most during the pandemic
Sweeping homeless encampments is cruel and unacceptable (Column)
Understanding the U.S. housing crisis in an era of inflation
Elon Musk throws spotlight on homelessness with Twitter office idea
Exclusive: HUD unveils plan to help people with a criminal record find a place to live
Biden administration appoints ‘Racial Equity Czar’ to join HUD
National Community Development week (press release)
Surge in evictions could leave tenants without attorneys
America’s homeless ranks graying as more retire on streets
How an eviction prevention program emerged after the moratorium ended
“Managed retreat” is a terrible way to talk about responding to climate change
Reducing affordable housing barriers will be critical to addressing the mounting rental crisis
HUD commemorates National Fair Housing Month 2022 (Press release)
Developers are turning to master-planned communities to solve the housing affordability crisis
How to convince people to leave homes at serious risk from climate change
How to solve the housing crisis with one weird trick
Rent relief helped prevent more than one million evictions in 2021
Rising costs at U.S. food banks mean people who need it most are getting less
Housers build bridges over the digital divide
What happens when a family finally gets off the housing voucher waiting list
Biden administration takes on racial disparities in home valuations
Rising interest rates will shift housing’s foundations (subscription required)
What climate change will mean for your home (subscription required)
Americans are spending way too much on housing, data shows
How the pandemic housing market spurred buyer’s remorse across America
HUD to send out nearly $3 billion in disaster relief grants
Analysis: Rural America loses affordable rental housing at an alarming rate
Lack of new construction and corporate landlords contributing to skyrocketing rent (Video)
People told the homeless to go to shelters after D.C., NYC attacks. But they can be worse.
Housing crunch turns employers into landlords
Treasury shifts $377 million among states as pandemic housing aid dries up (Subscription required)
Making housing for everyone a reality
The great housing inflation as a long-term policy failure
Dot’s home, a computer game, addresses history of housing discrimination
Evictions are back. Black renters are suffering the most – again.
Rental housing at risk from environmental hazards
Return to the office? Not in this housing market
Want landlords to lease to families with housing vouchers? Try asking in new ways
Redlining means 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air, 50 years after it ended (Subscription required)
U.S. housing wealth skewed even more toward affluent over past decade (Subscription required)
3 million evictions avoided during the pandemic
Blaming redlining is too easy (Opinion)
Omnibus talks appear on track; House vote expected Wednesday
Minimum wage hikes linked to reduced eviction risk: Research
Make improvements not more rules for Section 8 vouchers (Opinion)
One radical idea to solve America’s housing crisis.
The housing crisis led them to basement apartments. Climate change flooded them out.
As Biden pivots, Democrats seek to salvage his domestic agenda (Subscription required)
Cooperatively owned builder sees affordable housing, climate action in ‘Granny Flats’
Getting the most out of American Rescue Plan housing funds requires local governments to plan ahead
Federal legislation could tackle the racial gap in home appraisals
Centering racial equity is critical to ending homelessness
One in 10 homes in the US affected by climate change disasters in 2021, report says
What American cities can learn from Britain’s once-vast public housing system
Reimagining the possibilities for affordable housing in a climate risk environment
Do trailer parks and mobile homes have a future as affordable housing?
Landlords finding ways to evict after getting rental aid
States’ Build Back Better plans for affordable housing hinge on innovators (Column)
Amid a housing crisis, renters challenge firms they say are being exploitative
U.S. housing affordability worsens (Subscription required)
Marcia Fudge is trying to decide which fire to put out first
With evictions on the rise, House Democrats team up to push new housing protections
Tiny homes, big dreams: How some activists are reimagining shelter for the homeless
Two fires tell the tale of the US housing crisis (Podcast)
HUD report finds overall drop in homeless last year
Is the ‘American Dream’ of homeownership a false promise?
‘Homelessness is lethal’: US deaths among those without housing is surging
U.S. housing costs surge, with no end in sight
Why the U.S. needs a national zoning atlas
As more workers stay remote, developers eye the prospects of turning empty offices into housing
HUD prioritizes climate change mitigation, economic equity in block grants
Rents are up 40 percent in some cities, forcing millions to find another place to live (Subscription required)
White House taps anti-racist consultant as new czar on homelessness
The evictions that landlords got away with during the pandemic
Why renters are uniquely vulnerable to climate disasters
Homeless camps are often blamed for crime but experts say it’s not so simple
Report: Owning is more affordable than renting in most housing markets (Subscription required)
Watchdog: HUD disaster relief could use better data collection, analysis
Report: Rental housing demand rebounds
Recent public housing fires are a wake-up call for reform
3 ways to reinvent affordable housing in a post-pandemic world
Missed measurement: We have no idea how many evictions there are
A growing share of Americans say affordable housing is a major problem where they live
U.S. housing starts rise unexpectedly on multifamily building (Subscription required)
How the White House hopes to save Biden’s Build Back Better bill
It should take more than 10 minutes to evict someone (Subscription required + opinion)
Could a 54-year-old civil rights law be revived?
New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parks (Subscription required)
So your city can’t implement inclusionary zoning under state law. Maybe there’s another way.
Creating affordable housing in rural America
These homes are off-grid and climate resilient. They’re also built out of trash. (Subscription required)
Housing costs swell, hampering home buyers and pushing up rents. (Subscription required)
Shared housing tackles loneliness in homeless services
What happened to the eviction tsunami?
‘Magic’ multigenerational housing aims to alleviate social isolation (Subscription required)
How the pandemic supercharged sprawl
Tribal communities welcome federal relief funds to help ease housing issues (Radio)
Why some cities are operating legal homeless camps even in the dead of winter
Your lease is bad because your landlord found it online
Apartment occupancy just hit a historic high. Is that good?
Evictions rising now that pandemic moratorium has been lifted
How 3D printing can be the solution to the nation’s affordable housing crisis
New local laws aim to stop rising evictions (Subscription required)
Here we go again: Build Back Better is back on the Senate stage (Subscription required)
State News:
San Antonians get rewarded for housing self sufficiency
Camp Hope in Las Cruces helps end homelessness for dozens, executive director says
Black communities are last in line for disaster planning in Texas (Subscription required)
New program to boost underrepresented developers and affordable housing in Dallas (Video)
Eviction filings in Texas’ major cities reach new highs since pandemic began
‘Slab farming’– the latest DIY solution to Texas’ affordable housing crisis
A one-woman rescue squad for homeless students (Subscription required)
San Antonio Housing Authority celebrates opening of new affordable housing complex
The apartment complex didn’t have hot water for over a year. Then the tenants were evicted. (Subscription required)
New community health clinic coming to East Austin affordable housing complex
Tenants groups call for HUD to take action against major chain of subsidized housing complexes (Subscription required)
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge announces $45 million for the homeless in Houston
Here’s why a for-profit company is buying homes to rent to Section 8 tenants
HUD: Texas discriminated against communities of color when allocating hurricane relief aid
In Dallas, the toxic legacy of zoning lingers
CVS Health to invest $15.3 million in affordable housing in San Antonio (Press release)
They were worried their rent would rise, but nonprofit Avenue has kept residents’ apartments affordable (Subscription required)
DHA shows zero findings from independent audit report for seventh consecutive year (press release)
Texas tenants hit with soaring rent increases see little relief in sight
Mission Housing Authority restructures, welcomes new board members
HABD’s David Northern Sr. named head of Houston Housing Authority
Texas eviction filings among the nation’s highest as millions of rent relief dollars go unspent
Converted Fort Worth hotel provides hope and a model to end chronic homelessness
This city has a new way to fight homelessness with COVID aid
20 people relocated from north Austin encampment to transitional housing
Study: Waco’s affordable housing options shrinking for those on the bottom
Home prices soared during the pandemic. Here’s what that looks like in one East Texas city.