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Last week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 8249, a “minibus” appropriations package that contains six FY 2023 appropriations bills, including the FY 2023 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) and FY 2023 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies spending bills.

In a new blog post for the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, Whitney Airgood-Obrycki and Alexander Hermann demonstrate that the share of renter households with cost burdens rose nearly three percentage points from 2019 to 2020.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) will pause acceptance of new CDFI Certification Applications and requests for Target Market modifications for a period of six months beginning on Oct. 1, 2022.

Registration is open for HUD’s bi-monthly Fair Housing series of virtual office hours.

Oklahoma City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP-OCITY-128) for construction or rehabilitation of Affordable Housing.

HUD recently released a $365 million package to address unsheltered homelessness and homeless encampments, including $54.5 million in funds set aside specifically to address homelessness in rural communities. New

USDA Rural Development is seeking a public interest waiver to allow additional time to implement the Build America, Buy America Act.

The recent Supreme Court decision limits the immediate ability for the federal government to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

The Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) has established a plan for releasing updated program eligibility information based upon Census Bureau data from the 2016-2020 American Community Survey (ACS).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) opened the fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding round for the CDFI Equitable Recovery Program (CDFI ERP).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) awarded 59 organizations $336.4 million for the development of affordable housing and community facilities serving low-income individuals, families and communities.

Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies approved by voice vote its fiscal year 2023 funding bill.