Coronavirus Information for Affordable Housing

Resources for affordable housing organizations.

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Senior Housing Weekly

Vaccines and Affordable Housing

Federal Agency Updates

Congressional Updates

Other Housing Updates

Tools and Resources

SENIOR HOUSING WEEKLY (Archive)

Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (2/25/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (2/18/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (2/11/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (2/4/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (1/28/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (1/21/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (1/14/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (1/7/22)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (12/17/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (12/10/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (12/3/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (11/19/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (11/12/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (11/5/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (10/29/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (10/21/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (10/15/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (10/8/21)
Senior Housing Weekly: Recap of LeadingAge Update (10/1/21)

VACCINES AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING (Archive)

LeadingAge Releases Booster Shot Toolkit for Long-Term Care Settings (10/4/21)
HUD Reimbursements for Costs Related to Resident Vaccinations, Testing (9/23/21)
New Vaccine Access Resources from CDC (9/21/21)
CMS Expands Medicare Payments for At-Home COVID-19 Vaccinations (8/26/21)
Senior Housing Providers to Plan Booster Shot Clinics (8/23/21)
Housing Survey: Fewer Cases, More Vaccinations (7/27/2021)
HUD/HHS COVID-19 Vaccinations & Testing Toolkit (6/16/21)

FEDERAL AGENCY UPDATES (Archive)

VAWA Included in Omnibus Bill (3/11/22)
Largest Funding for New Section 202 Homes Since 2010 (3/9/22)
HUD Posts Resources to Mitigate Impacts of Higher Utility Costs (3/8/22)
For Prevention, Housing Communities Should Consider CDC’s New COVID-19 Community Levels Plus Other Factors (2/28/22)
New Senate Bill: $2.5B for HUD’s Section 202 Program (2/25/22)
First-Ever Data on LGBTQI+ Households and HUD Housing (2/23/22)
HUD Posts Updated Flyer on Resident, Owner Rights for REAC (2/23/22)
HUD to Enforce Carbon Monoxide Protections in Affordable Housing (2/2/22)

HUD Regional Administrators Appointed (1/24/22)
Historic Broadband Investment Begins as Federal, State Governments Develop Plans (1/19/22)
IRS Extends Various Housing Credit Deadlines (1/12/22)
HUD, HHS Ramp Up Test Kit Access for Housing Communities (1/12/22)
FCC Launches Affordable Connectivity Program (1/10/22)

HUD Examines Feasibility of National Evictions Database (1/7/22)
Use of State and Local Relief Funds Expanded, Clarified (1/7/22)
HUD Service Coordinator Renewals Open Through Feb 7 (1/6/22)
LeadingAge Urges FCC to Target Senior Housing Communities for Discount Internet Program (12/10/21)

HUD and HHS Announce Housing and Services Resource Center (12/9/21)
HUD Issues Clarification of Services Valuation In Rent Setting (11/19/21)
Agency Says Name-Only Screening Insufficient (11/16/21)
HUD Weighs in on Visitation Policies (11/5/21)

HUD Posts COVID-19 Supplemental Payments Request Form (11/4/21)
90% of HUD-Assisted Older Adults Vaccinated (10/28/21)
HUD's Second Interim Evaluation of IWISH Demonstration (10/19/21)
LeadingAge Presents: HUD NSPIRE Update Call with REAC Leadership (10/11/21)
HUD Notice: 30 Days' Notice for Eviction and Required Information Sharing to At-Risk Tenants (10/8/21)
HUD Will Require Owners to Notify At-Risk Residents of Emergency Rental Assistance (10/6/21)
"Worst Case" Housing Needs Up 16% for Older Adults (10/4/21)
HUD Staff Join LeadingAge Call, Answer CSP Questions (10/4/21)
HUD Announces New Section 202 Awards (9/22/21)
Committee Poised to Vote on $322B Housing Investments (9/9/2021)
HUD Makes Eviction Moratorium Penalties Clear (8/11/21)
HUD Readies Service Coordinator Grant Funds (8/9/21)

CONGRESSIONAL UPDATES (Archive)

Housingx3 in State of the Union (3/2/22)
HUD Multifamily Senior Housing Funding Chart (2/23/22)
Bill Uses HHS Funds for HUD Resident Services (2/7/22)
HUD Fire Safety Bills & Webinar (2/2/22)
LeadingAge Reiterates HUD Funding Priorities, Urges No More CRs (1/27/22)
HUD Fire Safety Bills Planned (1/27/22)
BBB Includes Historic Housing Investments (11/22/21)
Housing Credit Provisions Included, Altered (11/4/21)
Bill Floats SASH-Like Program for Assisted Housing (10/19/21)
Housing in Build Back Better Act: LeadingAge Hearing Statement (10/19/21)
Senate on RAD: Increase Rents, Include Sec. 811 & Services (10/19/21)
$6M to Boost PRAC Rents for RAD Conversions (10/18/21)
LeadingAge Acts to Secure Needed Funding, Programs (10/8/21)
Housing Credit: Increase 60%, Fix Right of First Refusal & More (10/4/21)
HUD Extends NSPIRE Demonstration Program Until 2023 (10/1/21)
HUD to Host Calls on COVID-19 Supplemental Payments (9/29/21)
HUD Announces New Round of COVID-19 Payments for Housing Providers (9/17/21)
LeadingAge Emphasizes Reconciliation Priorities to House Leadership (9/21/21)
House-Passed Budget Resolution Paves Way for Affordable Housing, Services Investments (8/26/21)

OTHER HOUSING UPDATES (Archive)

Does the House Fit? (3/8/22)
White House Sees Role for Service Coordinators in Mental Health Strategy (3/2/22)
New Brief on Affordable and Quality Housing (2/23/22)
“The Challenge is Enormous” Says New Harvard Rental Housing Report (1/21/22)
Housing Survey Results: Vaccinations, Internet, and Resident Mental Health (12/7/21)
Mortgage Costs Can Result in Healthcare Rationing (11/16/21)
Preservation Report: 44,629 Federally Assisted Homes Lost in 2020 (11/5/21)
Staffing Survey: Better Pay, Vaccine Avoidance and Temporary Staffing Agencies are Top Concerns (10/4/21)
Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium (8/27/21)
Eviction Prevention Resources for HUD-Assisted Housing (6/22/21)
New Report Scans U.S. Housing Market (6/16/21)
State-Level Projections of Older Adult Renters (5/20/21)
Amicus Brief: Protect Nonprofit Low Income Housing Tax Credit Housing (5/19/21)
Practitioners Cover Fair Housing, LGBT+ Housing Updates on LeadingAge Call (4/22/21)
Report: Severe Housing Cost Burdens for Older Renters (2/17/21)
COVID-19 Cases Jump in Senior Housing as Financial Strain, Vaccine Access Issues Continue (2/11/21)

TOOLS AND RESOURCES (Archive)

Harvard Fellow on Vaccine Hesitancy, Messaging in Senior Housing (2/8/21)
Toolkit for HUD Section 202 Providers in the CDC Pharmacy Partnership for Long-term Care Program (12/30/20)
In Thai: HUD Multifamily Tenant COVID-19 Brochure (5/11/20)
In Tagalog: HUD Multifamily Tenant COVID-19 Brochure (5/11/20)
In Somali: HUD Multifamily Tenant COVID-19 Brochure (5/11/20)
In Puerto Rican Spanish: HUD Multifamily Tenant COVID-19 Brochure (5/11/20)

Be sure to visit LeadingAge's main coronavirus resources page for more information, tools, and resources to help all aging services providers plan for and respond to COVID-19.