Housing Assistance
LA has no plan — or funding — to help unhoused people displaced by Olympics security efforts
City and county officials say they don't have the funds to offer housing to the up to 1,600 people that will be displaced by perimeters around event venues.
Alexandria eviction diversion program will let tenants pay back rent in installments
Eligible tenants will be allowed to make a 10% down payment on the back rent they owe and pay off the rest in installments while remaining in their home.
Cleveland program has housed 200 people since 2024
The A Home For Every Neighbor initiative successfully moves people into housing in under two weeks.
Troubled Houston housing agency announces plan to resolve 'material deficiencies'
The newly renamed Housing Alliance Houston has created a new accounting team and instituted new tenant file inspections, per a recent update required by HUD.
NYC expands housing vouchers by $175M in new budget
Mayor Mamdani agreed to drop an Adams-era lawsuit that attempted to block the expansion of the voucher program.
Judge halts 'hasty' HUD changes to homelessness grants
Service providers said the sudden changes would have imperiled thousands of Americans and forced more people into homelessness.
HUD: US homelessness grew by 27% since 2013
Despite the alarming increase in unhoused Americans, HUD is asking for a budget reduction.
NYC mayor announces plan to repair, restore and build new public housing
Roughly 300,000 New Yorkers live in the city's public housing system.
Missing Houston housing authority records put tenant housing at risk
The rebranded Houston housing agency is still working to reconcile records lost during a 2024 software switch.
"A grim march toward death": What HUD’s new homeless policy looks like on the ground
Administrators from 55 Continuum of Care sites share their views on how proposed cuts, rapid changes to funding guidelines, and delays are affecting their work.
Federal cuts to voucher program put 9,000 New Yorkers at risk of homelessness
The Emergency Housing Voucher program is ending years ahead of schedule, forcing housing agencies to find new ways to support roughly 70,000 households nationwide.
Judge: HUD acted illegally in changing homelessness grant rules
A Rhode Island judge struck down 'partisan' Trump restrictions on Continuum of Care Build grants.
A NYC teen spends his days helping Chinese seniors navigate the housing system. He has some advice for Mamdani — and it’s really good.
As New York prepares to add 200,000 affordable housing units, Tianli Cheng says that dismantling access barriers is as important as creating new supply. He has a laundry list of great starting points.
Portland finds $106M in unspent housing funds
The city announced a plan to spend $56 million on new housing assistance programs.
Helpline calls for housing assistance reached record high in 2025
The United Way's 211 helpline received 6 million calls for referrals for housing support, almost twice as many as calls for utility assistance.
Durham, North Carolina Housing Bond Has Created 1,668 New Rental Homes
A 2019 housing bond has yielded better-than-expected results.
Report: Hundreds of Vacant NYC Public Housing Units ‘Taken Over’ by Squatters
The city’s housing authority says it often takes months to renovate apartments for new tenants, leading to hundreds of empty units that pose safety risks to neighbors.
Austin Approves Over $10 Million for Homelessness Programs
The funding package supports emergency shelters totaling close to 500 beds.
Denver Cut Unsheltered Homelessness Almost in Half Even as Unhoused Population Grows
While the total number of Denver residents without permanent housing is growing, the city has leveraged its resources to quickly create over 1,000 new emergency shelter beds.
HUD Plans to Bar Mixed-status Immigrant Households From Subsidized Housing
The proposed rule change would prevent people without legal status from living in households receiving federal housing assistance.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
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