Category: Housing News
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Emergency Rental Assistance helps tenants beyond covering back rent
A June report found that ERA helped low-income renters meet other critical needs beyond rent payments, including financial well-being and mental health.
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Rent hardship during pandemic widespread among minority renters
New reports show that renters of color and families with children have experienced the most significant housing hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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House proposes 140,000 new Section 8 vouchers for FY23
This proposal is the first step in the FY23 federal appropriations process for HUD, and is done by a House subcommittee.
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Tenant protection laws helped cut 2021 evictions in half
Although twice as many low-income renters were at risk of eviction in 2021 compared with a typical year, eviction filings in were half the historical average.
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Bank branch closures double during the pandemic, hurting poor and rural Americans
New research shows that bank branch closures accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, hitting poor and minority communities especially hard.
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HUD News in Review: June 16, 2022
The latest announcements by HUD include a financial crisis at the Indianapolis Housing Agency, and the opening of multiple affordable developments.
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Tennessee becomes first state to charge felony for public camping
Tennessee has become the first state in the nation to make camping on both state and local public land a felony. The new law will make it much harder…
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HUD News in Review: June 9, 2022
The latest announcements by HUD include an upgraded search tool for housing counseling agencies, a Consent Order entered by HUD, and more.
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HUD finds that Texas discriminated in awarding disaster relief
HUD upheld a finding that Texas discriminated against minority and low-income residents when awarding money to rebuild after Hurricane Harvey.
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HUD News in Review: June 3, 2022
The latest announcements by HUD include a housing supply initiative, the 20th Anniversary of National Homeownership Month, disaster assistance, and more.