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Changing Rules for HUD-Assisted Households with Undocumented Members, Non-English Speakers
OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is proposing a HUD rule change to ban households with at least one undocumented member, from public housing and rental assistance.
2026 Inflationary Adjustments and Passbook Rate Published
HUD Offices of Multifamily Housing Programs, Public and Indian Housing, and Community Planning and Development, published the 2026 Annual Inflationary Adjustments and Passbook Rate effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Reforming Family Self-Sufficiency
The Bipartisan Policy Center took an in-depth look at HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program: how it works, case management, funding, impact, and challenges and opportunities for reform.
CBPP Estimates 400,000 More People Could Be Left Without Stable, Affordable Housing
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a new report that provides state-by-state estimates of the loss of Housing Vouchers under the House and Senate FY 26 THUD proposals.
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies State of the Nation Report
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ State of the Nation’s Housing 2025 report paints a stark picture of the nation’s worsening affordability crisis.
Save Affordable Housing Act Reintroduced
Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO) reintroduced the Save Affordable Housing Act (H.R. 4572) to change qualified contract provisions for LIHTC properties.
President Trump Suggests “MAGA” Stock Listing for Fannie, Freddie
Less than a week after FHFA announced the doubling of their annual investment cap, President Trump took to social media to suggest the creation of The Great American Mortgage Corporation, with a target public offering date of November 2025.
LIHTC Reform Proposals
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on reforming LIHTC guided by two key principles and divided into administrative and legislative actions.
CDFI Letter to OMB Director Vought
Before the Senate left for recess, members of the bipartisan Senate CDFI Caucus sent a letter to OMB Director Russell Vought requesting FY 25 funding be deployed to the CDFI Fund.
Congress’s Fall To-Do List
The House and Senate left DC for summer recess. When both chambers reconvene in September, they’ll need to…
FHFA Doubles GSE Investment Capacity
FHFA announced a doubling of the annual cap for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in LIHTC developments — from $1 billion each to $2 billion each— totaling $4 billion per year.
10 Regional Administers Appointed at HUD
Secretary Turner appointed HUD regional administrators for all ten regions.