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On April 16, the Housing, Transportation and Community Development Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing on Challenges in Preserving the U.S. Housing Stock.

Eugene Jones Jr. has been appointed executive director of the Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority. Jones most recently served as executive director of the Atlanta Housing Authority and brings to his new role decades of experience working in housing agencies in cities, such as Chicago, Toronto, New Orleans and Detroit

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will hold an Oversight of Federal Housing Regulators hearing on April 18 at 10 a.m. ET. HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson will testify.

Merchants Capital announced that it has expanded its executive leadership team with the promotion of Chris Messmann to executive vice president.

HUD published a proposed rule that would amend the regulations governing admission to certain HUD-supported housing for applicants with criminal records or histories of involvement with the criminal justice system and evictions based on illegal drug use, drug-related criminal activity or other criminal activity.

Woda Cooper Companies and Cherry Health announced that Michigan State Housing Development Authority has awarded housing tax credits to Shea Ravines, a new $18.2 million 56-unit affordable housing community with 20 Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) units in Wyoming, MI.

Our Homes, Our Votes is a nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue.

Attend the event in-person or join virtually, as Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) executive director Dennis Shea hosts a fireside chat with new HUD Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman discussing HUD’s approach and strategies in addressing the housing shortage on April 23 at 10 a.m. ET.

The draft 2024 Consolidated Annual Action Plan for Kentucky’s Block Grant Housing Programs is available through May 3.

The Community Builders and Ascendant Neighborhood Development announced that The Beacon in East Harlem, NY was selected a winner in the fourth round of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA’s) Buildings of Excellence competition for the design of a low-carbon emitting multifamily building.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced selections for $20 billion in grant awards under two competitions within the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF).

Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) and Bowen National Research will present findings from Phase I of its statewide Housing Supply Gap Analysis at 1 p.m. CT on April 16.