Inside DC Podcast: FY2022 Budget Recap and the DC Council’s Fall Agenda
The over 65s are (by some margin) the fastest growing demographic in the UK, with the number of over 65s set to race past 17 million by 2040. With an increasingly ageing population, there is an urgent need for innovative...more
The Order requires all executive departments and agencies to deliver emergency price relief, consistent with applicable law, to the American people and increase the prosperity of the American worker. This will include actions...more
Florida’s Live Local Act, which was adopted in 2023, has already garnered significant attention. The Live Local Act is an ambitious piece of legislation intended to facilitate and incentivize the development of new housing...more
A roundup of news and multimedia from the Unfamiliar Terrain team: San Francisco - San Francisco’s Montgomery Street Could Signal a Downtown Revival (NY Times): Why a seven-block stretch of Montgomery Street, from the...more
Summary - Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released its highly anticipated Supplement to the RAD Notice (Supplement), which makes a number of changes to the current Rental Assistance...more
State Senator Brian Kavanagh and Assembly member Grace Lee are calling for the 2023-2024 New York State budget to include $389 million in funding for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (“ERAP”). Landlords, public housing...more
A consortium of San Francisco landlords and property owners filed a lawsuit last week challenging the city’s new tax on vacant residences as unconstitutional and a violation of state law. Proposition M, “The Empty Homes Tax,”...more
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that more than $15 billion has been invested in affordable housing preservation construction over the past nine years through the Rental Assistance...more
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge recently announced that almost 2,000 Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) would receive a share of more than 19,000 new Housing Choice Vouchers....more
Summary - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has extended the submission deadline for expedited regulatory waivers until April 1, 2022, for Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers....more
After years of expectations, the government has approved the legislative amendments needed to promote “Urban Renewal” projects in Israel. While everyone is talking about the amendment lowering the threshold of consent for...more
United States: Under the new law, cities and counties cannot adopt or enforce ordinances that require landlords to accept federal housing vouchers. On Friday, April 30, Governor Reynolds signed into law SF252, a bill...more
The New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020, a seven-year, $14 billion package of incentive programs intended to encourage New Jersey job growth, property development and redevelopment, community partnerships, and numerous...more
Since the onset of COVID-19, the global landscape has been turned upside down, bringing to light various social issues that have long been plaguing various communities throughout the country. Social issues such as...more
During this time of uncertainty, Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) are now operating under stressed conditions with limited resources. HUD posted a revised “COVID-19 FAQs for Public Housing Agencies” on April 22, 2020,...more
Since the new legislative session convened in January, congressional leaders and President Trump have repeatedly highlighted the importance of passing legislation to repair our nation’s crumbling infrastructure. ...more
Last week, HUD issued a new notice requesting letters of interest under its Moving to Work (MTW) program from PHAs with 1,001 or more total public housing and housing choice voucher (HCV) units. MTW participants are able to...more
Earlier last week HUD released a draft section for the next revision of the RAD Notice for review and comment. This draft section addresses the implementation of “RAD for PRAC”,...more
You are the property manager for a HUD-subsidized apartment development. One day, the owner of the development rushes into your office, visibly frantic. The owner says, “We just received a letter from HUD’s Real Estate...more
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it will be rescinding the form of Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) that HUD had released to housing authorities this past May...more
HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) Office has been busy! Earlier this month, HUD published for public comment a revised Operations Notice that will govern an expanded MTW program. ...more
The Census Bureau, in conjunction with researchers from Harvard and Brown Universities, this week published a national “opportunity atlas” that tracks outcomes for children in adulthood based on nationwide data. ...more
As indicated earlier this week, HUD is seeking comments to inform revisions to its Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule. We have been waiting for official publication of the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR)...more
This week, HUD announced that it intends to amend its 2015 regulations on affirmatively furthering fair housing, or AFFH. HUD is giving the public 60 days from publication of its advance notice of proposed rulemaking to...more
July is right around the corner and we wanted to remind everyone of the HUD deadlines for closing RAD conversions by year end...more