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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a new slew of grants totaling $160.1 million to non-profit organizations across the country, supporting the development of new or the redevelopment of affordable multifamily rental housing. The grants can also be used to fund ongoing project-based rental assistance for low-income senior citizens.

New Departmental grants will support crime prevention, the installation of carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, and fire alarms in 56 communities, enhancing safety and security for public housing residents.

A pair of new HUD reports suggest that federal relief prevented a rise in evictions and homelessness during the pandemic through a series of federal intervention actions.

HUD announces changes to a rule that will expedite much-needed assistance in providing housing and supportive services to the growing homeless population in Los Angeles.

New partnership will increase education, outreach, and efforts geared to tackle appraisal bias and discrimination in the housing marketplace.

The Department has announced new protections and funding to build on commitments made by the Biden Administration’s Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights, drafted to increase fairness within the nation’s rental marketplace.

The Department has initiated public housing inspections under the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate rule to address substandard rental properties and promote compliance with health and safety standards.

The Senate Banking Committee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development is set to host a hearing assessing the government’s efforts to improve housing efforts among Native American communities nationwide.

A series of actions set forth by the Biden Administration aims to strike out appraisal bias and level the playing field in building generational wealth via homeownership.

To further the Biden Administration’s commitment to addressing the nation’s homelessness crisis, HUD has issued $2.8 billion in Continuum of Care Competition Awards for thousands of local homeless service and housing programs across the U.S.