Practitioners' Corner

Periodic updates sent to the Center's housing policy subscribers:

September 22, 2009
Interested Parties Memo on Housing Voucher Funding in the HUD Bill for 2010
 

Previous Updates:

August 5, 2009
Interested Parties Memo on House Committee Approval of SEVRA

June 11, 2009
Slideshow: The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act

May 20, 2009
Audio conference on Housing Voucher Funding Policy

• Conference presentation (PDF)
• Recorded version of conference (mp3)
• Message: HUD extends deadline to June 4th for requesting adjustment funding (PDF)

May 12, 2009
Interested Parties Memo on HUD Budget for FY 2010

April 30, 2009
New SEVRA Bill

Leadership of the House Financial Services Committee have circulated a draft of the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act, in advance of a hearing possibly on May 13, 2009. The draft is similar to a version of SEVRA the House passed in 2007 (H.R. 1851), but adopts a number of improvements from a version introduced in the Senate in 2008. (The House must act again in the current Congress in order for legislation to be enacted.) CBPP has prepared an analysis comparing the provisions of the circulation draft to current law, and highlighting the changes from the bill the House passed in 2007.

• Slideshow: The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act
• Comparison of Major Provisions Of House Section 8 Voucher Reform Bill and Current Law

March 17, 2009
Homelessness Prevention Fund Updates

March 13, 2009
Update on HUD funding for 2009

February 17, 2009
Low-Income Housing Provisions of Recovery Legislation

• Summary Table 

Note: On February 25, HUD posted the amounts of funding states and localities will receive under most of the HUD programs funded in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. HUD’s overview of ARRA and links to allocations for the Public Housing Capital Fund, Emergency Shelter Grants, and other programs can be found at http://www.hud.gov/recovery/

November 25, 2008
HUD Notice Issued Concerning Housing Voucher Program Changes in Foreclosure Bill

July 31, 2008
Foreclosure Bill Includes Important Changes for Low-Income Rental Program