Earlier this week, LeadingAge joined an amicus brief in support of the Opa-locka Community Development Corporation, a Florida nonprofit struggling in court to retain its rightful ownership of affordable housing that is home to about 500 residents. The brief was written by the National Housing Law Project in partnership with the National Housing Trust and other organizations.
House Appropriations Subcommittee on HUD Chair David Price (D-NC) welcomed HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge as a the sole witness for a hearing on HUD’s fiscal year 2022 (FY22) budget request, the details of which have not been released by the Administration. Overall, HUD is seeking a 15% increase for FY22.
On April 15, HUD updated the Frequently Asked Questions associated with the Section 202 Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA), applications for which are due May 26.
Legislation to expand and improve the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) was introduced today in the Senate and House. The identical bills represent close iterations of Housing Credit legislation introduced, and widely-supported, in previous sessions of Congress.
The House Financial Services Committee considered 17 bills as part of its hearing on housing infrastructure legislation on April 14, including a draft bill that would provide $2.5 billion for the Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly program. The funding can also be used to provide residents with access to high-speed internet.
An April 13 hearing on, Separate and Unequal: The Legacy of Racial Discrimination in Housing, coincided with steps from HUD to reinstate fair housing rules undermined by the Trump Administration: affirmatively furthering fair housing and disparate impact.
On April 9, the White House delivered its topline funding requests for fiscal year 2022 (FY22) to Senate and House appropriators. The topline request seeks a 15.1%, or $9 billion, increase to HUD funding compared to fiscal year 2021 funding.
The request includes $180 million to support 2,000 units of new permanently affordable housing for older adults and persons with disabilities through the Section 202 and Section 811 program, respectively, but does not say how much the requested level for each program.
House Committee on Financial Services Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) is circulating a sign-on letter to her House colleagues in support of strong rental assistance funding levels for several HUD programs, including Section 202 Housing for the Elderly and Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance. Once the signatures have been gathered, the letter will be sent to House majority and minority appropriators. Representatives have until April 21 to sign the letter.
Within 48 hours during the week of April 5, HUD has announced dispersal of nearly $5.7 billion to state and local governments for housing for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness or other people with low or extremely low incomes.
On March 26, LeadingAge president and CEO Katie Smith Sloan sent a letter to housing authorizing committees on our wish-list for affordable housing within any infrastructure package. President Biden is expected to release an outline of his infrastructure proposal, Build Back Better, the week of March 29 and congressional hearings have begun on the topic.
LeadingAge’s housing priorities for an infrastructure bill include:
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