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Advocacy Letters

Comment letter on Choice Neighborhoods Initiative RFI (October 2024)

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Link to the pdf of this letter. October 11, 2024 Regulations Division Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 Sent electronically via the Federal Register RE: HUD's Choice Neighborhoods Grant Selection Process and Award Implementation Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Poverty & … [Read more...] about Comment letter on Choice Neighborhoods Initiative RFI (October 2024)

PRRAC comments on proposed Direct Rental Assistance demonstration (August 2024)

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Link to the pdf of this letter August 21, 2024 Regulations Division, Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 Sent electronically via the Federal Register RE: “Request for Information; Direct Rental Assistance,” 89 Fed. Reg. 59750, Docket # FR-6466-N-01. Dear colleagues, We are … [Read more...] about PRRAC comments on proposed Direct Rental Assistance demonstration (August 2024)

Comments on proposed rule “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing” (June 2024)

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See pdf of the full letter here. June 10, 2024 Regulations Division Office of General Counsel Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street, SW, Room 10276 Washington, DC 20410-0500 Sent electronically via the Federal Register RE: Proposed Rule “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing” 89 Fed. Reg. 25332 Dear colleagues, The Poverty & Race … [Read more...] about Comments on proposed rule “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing” (June 2024)

Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re flexibility in the use of voucher funds, and support for housing mobility programs (June, 2024)

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See the pdf of this letter here. June 4, 2024 The Honorable Patty Murray, Chair Senate Appropriations Committee The Honorable Brian Schatz, Chair Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Development and Related Agencies The Honorable Susan Collins, Vice Chair Senate Appropriations Committee The Honorable Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member Senate … [Read more...] about Letter to Senate Appropriations Committee re flexibility in the use of voucher funds, and support for housing mobility programs (June, 2024)

Leadership Conference 2024 priorities for HUD (February 2024)

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Link to the letter February 22, 2024 The Honorable Secretary Marcia Fudge U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 451 7th Street S.W. Washington, D.C. 20410 Dear Secretary Fudge, On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights' Fair Housing and Lending Task Force, we write to share our 2024 priorities for the U.S. Department of Housing … [Read more...] about Leadership Conference 2024 priorities for HUD (February 2024)