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HUD Announces Disaster Assistance for California Fire Victims

November 14, 2018

HUD recently announced it will speed federal disaster assistance to the State of California and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from their homes in areas affected by wildfires. President Trump issued a major disaster declaration for Butte, Los Angeles, and Ventura...

JCHS Releases Housing for Older Adults Report

November 14, 2018

Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) recently released a report called Housing America’s Older Adults 2018. It says that more than half of the nation's households are now headed by someone...

Trump Administration Announces Decline in Veteran Homelessness

November 14, 2018

HUD recently announced that veteran homelessness in the U.S. continues to decline. HUD’s Annual Homeless Assessment Report finds the total number of reported veterans experiencing homelessness in 2018 decreased 5.4 percent since last year, falling to nearly half of the number of homeless...

DHS Formally Publishes ‘Public Charge’ Rule

October 17, 2018

On Oct. 10, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally published a proposed rule that would add Section 8 rental assistance, public housing, and other programs to a list of public benefits DHS considers when it attempts to ensure that those seeking to enter and remain in the United...

California Enacts Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Law

October 17, 2018

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed a fair housing bill (AB 686) that will require California cities and counties to affirmatively further fair housing. This law came about as a reaction to HUD’s rollback of the Obama administration’s affirmatively furthering fair housing...

Social Security Announces 2.8% Benefit Increase for 2019

October 17, 2018

The Social Security Administration recently announced that the Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase 2.8 percent in 2019. The 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 62 million Social Security...

Can You Ban Guns at Your Site?

September 28, 2018