HUD

The Trump administration announced a major shift in $3.9 billion in homelessness funding with the release of the FY 2025 Continuum of Care (C0C) Competition and Youth Homeless Demonstration Program Grants Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) last week. By the Numbers: What They’re Saying: “People all over this nation have overcome homelessness and stabilized in […]

On November 10, HUD published an extended compliance deadline to May 28, 2026 for the Adoption of Energy Efficiency Standards for New Construction of HUD- and USDA-Financed Housing in the Federal Register. The chart below shares which programs are impacted by new deadlines: In Context: On March 10, 2025, HUD published [90 FR 11622], extending […]

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025 at 10 a.m. for the nominations of: In Context: Information on their backgrounds can be found here. While many of the housing questions focused on increasing costs associated with single-family homeownership, a few multifamily conversations took place: What’s Next: […]

22 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to Secretary Scott Turner, urging HUD to renew all existing Continuum of Care (CoC) grants expiring in 2026 for one additional year “to provide a stable bridge as the Department transitions to its next strategic phase.” In the letter, reported by Politico, members:

Mr. Francis Cassidy nominated to be Assistant Secretary, FHA Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development  Mr. Joseph Gormley nominated to be President, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), Department of Housing and Urban Development

On October 22, 2025, HUD issued a notice further delaying the effective date of the “HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME): Program Updates and Streamlining” final rule from October 30, 2025 to April 30, 2026. On the legislative side, Reps. Mike Flood (R-NE) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) formally received a bill number for the HOME Reform […]

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is the largest source of funds for homeless assistance in the country and proposed changes could lead to dramatic cuts. Go Deeper: What’s Next: If you use CoC funds and/or are concerned about this change in funding, please reach out to your Congressional members’ housing staff to voice your […]

Craig Trainor was confirmed by the Senate as Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) at HUD. Go Deeper: A recently passed rules change allows confirmation of nominees to be done “en bloc consideration.” Trainor was confirmed along with 111 other nominees. Trainor’s background can be found in our June 18 edition along […]

As the government shutdown enters its third week, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought posted on X “The RIFS have begun.”

As of midnight this morning, funding for the federal government officially lapsed with the start of a new fiscal year (FY). Likely to Continue: On Recess: The Senate is on recess for the remainder of this week and the House is out on recess until Tuesday, October 7. Members could be called back earlier if an […]

ProPublica released two drafts of unpublished HUD rules targeting work requirements and immigration status. Establishing Flexibility for Implementation of Work Requirements and Term Limits: Verification of Eligible Status: What’s Next: It is not clear when, or if, HUD will publish these draft rules. If they do publish these rules, there would be a public comment period before adoption.

HUD published guidance for PHAs and their development partners for projects using both RAD and Section 18 disposition authority (“RAD/Section 18 Blends”). The guidance covers payments during the year of conversion, administrative requirements and impact on public housing funding, payments made during the first full calendar year after conversion and thereafter, and includes additional resources.