HUD

ICAST’s IRA & BIL Instant Benefit Estimate Calculator is now available on NH&RA’s website under the Resources section.

The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is hosting a webinar at 1 p.m. ET on April 14 with senior HUD officials for a presentation on the various challenges to landlord acceptance of vouchers, as well as agency initiatives to overcome those hurdles, followed by a discussion exploring the future of landlord participation in the program.

In a new Our Way Home blog post, Sarah Brundage, senior advisor for housing supply & infrastructure at HUD, and Ellen Lurie Hoffman, acting director of the office of community and economic development at Treasury, describe three examples of states utilizing American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding to serve their communities’ housing supply needs.

HUD announced updated guidance for owners of properties participating in its Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) program.

On March 28 at 10 a.m. ET, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee will hold its annual Oversight Hearing with Inspectors General from HUD and the Department of Transportation.

HUD published a Final Rule on Reinstatement of Discriminatory Effects Standard, also referred to as disparate impact. The Final Rule rescinds the HUD’s 2020 rule governing Fair Housing Act disparate impact claims and restores the 2013 discriminatory effects rule.

HUD is seeking feedback on its National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) physical inspection scoring and ranking methodology.

HUD issued Notice PIH 2023-13, which provides guidance to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) regarding the new limitations on continued occupancy in public housing for over-income families from the Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016.

HUD’s Office of Disaster Recovery (ODR) announced that it is sponsoring the 2023 Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Mitigation (CDBG-DR and CDBG-MIT) Problem Solving Clinic.

HUD’s recently released Assistance Animals and Fair Housing – Navigating Reasonable Accommodations Interactive Tool provides persons with disabilities with information about their fair housing rights related to requests for assistance animals.

HUD announced new resources to advance housing protections for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).

HUD published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on developing a standardized program regulation and renewal contract for Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs.

HUD posted a preview version of the final rule implementing sections 102, 103 and 104 of the Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act of 2016.