HUD
HUD Allocates New Housing Choice Vouchers to Almost 2,000 PHAs, 21 State HFAs
HUD recently announced the awarding of approximately 19,400 new Housing Choice Vouchers to 1,945 public housing agencies across the country.
HUD Increases Frequency of the Distribution of Surplus Cash for Non-Assisted HUD Insured Properties
In Mortgagee Letter 2022-16, HUD outlined the dramatic increase in surplus cash distributions.
USDA RD Publishes FY 2023 Management Fees
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development (RD) published Procedural Notice (PN) 567 announcing final management fees for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.
HUD Publishes FY 2023 FMRs with Ten Percent Average National Increase
Nationally, HUD’s Fiscal Year 2023 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) will increase by an average of approximately ten percent.
HUD, USICH, State and Local Leaders Partner on House America
House America: An All-Hands-on-Deck Effort to Address the Nation’s Homelessness Crisis is a federal initiative in which the HUD and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) are inviting mayors, city and county leaders, tribal nation leaders, and governors into a national partnership. House America will utilize the funds provided through the American Rescue Plan to address the crisis of homelessness through a Housing First approach.
HUD Publishes Davis-Bacon Labor Standards: Agency/Contractor Guide and Contractor Addendum
HUD published the Davis-Bacon Labor Standards: Agency/Contractor Guide and Contractor Addendum.
Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2023 Spending Bills
Last week the Senate Appropriations Committee released all 12 of its FY2023 appropriations bills.
Marion Mollegen McFadden Joins HUD as PDAS for CPD
Marion Mollegen McFadden joined the Biden-Harris administration as principal deputy assistant secretary for community planning and development at HUD.
House Passes HUD, Rural Housing Funding Bills
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.
HUD Hosts Fair Housing Planning Office Hours
Registration is open for HUD’s bi-monthly Fair Housing series of virtual office hours.
HUD Releases $365 Million for Homelessness
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
House Appropriations Subcommittee Advances FY 2023 THUD Funding Bill House Appropriations Subcommittee Advances FY 2023 THUD Funding Bill
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.