A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on August 25 upheld the injunction blocking conditions HUD and the Department of Transportation attached to already-awarded grants; San Francisco's city attorney said the ruling protects roughly $240 million in annual HUD funding to the city, including about $50 million for homelessness services. In the First Circuit, HUD's emergency stay motion in the Continuum of Care NOFO appeal has been fully briefed since August 24 with no ruling on the docket; August 26 was the vacated NOFO's original application deadline, and HUD's competition page says it is unable to accept applications. San Diego County's 2026 point-in-time count recorded 5,108 people living unsheltered, down from 5,714 the year before. Portland's Impact Reduction Program reported removing 161 campsites and receiving 1,931 new campsite reports in the week of August 17–23.
Portland.gov (Impact Reduction Program) · 2026-08-25 · on Portland campsite removals and shelter referrals, week of Aug. 17–23
The city's Impact Reduction Program reported removing 161 campsites in the week of August 17–23 and receiving 1,931 new campsite reports, including 454 reports of people living in vehicles. Teams assessed approximately 681 reported campsites and visited 368 active ones; 2 people accepted shelter referrals and 1 used a shelter bed for at least one night.
The city's cumulative totals since April 11, 2022 are 9,775 shelter referrals, with 2,966 people having used a shelter bed.
The Vancouver City Council on Monday approved a land disposition and development agreement with Vancouver Heights Senior Housing Partners for a 51-unit senior building in the Heights District, for residents 55 and older earning 30 to 60 percent of area median income. The project will cost $26.7 million total, roughly $524,000 per unit, with the city investing about $2.8 million including $2 million from its Affordable Housing Fund. The terms set a 99-year ground lease and require the units to stay affordable for at least 40 years, with construction to begin around July 2028 and finish around July 2030.
The council approved the companion 80-unit family building's disposition and development agreement on October 13, 2025; the two buildings total 131 affordable units on the former Tower Mall site.
The Columbian · 2026-08-25 · on resident bid to buy the 180-unit Battle Ground manufactured home park
Residents of the 180-unit Battle Ground Mobile Home Community said they will attempt to buy their park after receiving notice in late June that the owner, GSC Investments, put it up for sale; the nonprofit ROC Northwest declined to assist, saying keeping rents affordable while meeting financial requirements would cost too much. Residents said lot rents jumped $200 after the 2022 sale to GSC and now range from $850 to $1,350, and Washington's rent-stabilization law caps increases at 5 percent for manufactured home parks. The Clark County Council is considering permanent protections for manufactured home parks, but they would apply only to parks in unincorporated areas, not within Battle Ground city limits.
A July National Low Income Housing Coalition report put the wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment in Clark County at $32.25 an hour.
The Oregonian · 2026-08-21 · on Helmi Hisserich named ROSE Community Development executive director
Helmi Hisserich, former director of the Portland Housing Bureau, will start August 31 as executive director of ROSE Community Development Corp., a Portland affordable housing nonprofit founded in 1992 that has developed about 600 homes. Hisserich resigned from the Housing Bureau last November in exchange for a $240,880 severance.
Portland City Council's April 2025 resolution directed the social housing study Hisserich championed; its final report is expected by the end of August 2026.
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins charged Bayshore Navigation Center employees Oliver Barcenas, 36, and Erika Porter, 45, with accessory after the fact and obstructing and delaying a police officer, days after their arrest for allegedly aiding Norris Reed III, the suspected shooter of SFPD officer Brittney Taylor on May 31. Porter, who faces two additional misdemeanor counts for allegedly lying to an officer, pleaded not guilty Monday. Five Keys CEO Steve Good said staff told him they placated the armed intruder and evacuated nearly 200 staff and clients from the shelter.
Barcenas was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday, August 26; police said a shelter employee alerted them at about 12:17 a.m., over an hour after Reed fled officers.
Sacramento halted its planned micro-community for homeless seniors at 3511 Arena Boulevard in North Natomas, a city-run temporary housing project of up to 40 units for people 55 and older, Councilmember Lisa Kaplan confirmed. The project was last estimated to cost $7.1 million; Vice Mayor Karina Talamantes said the 1.58-acre site sits in an A99 flood zone requiring additional engineering, drainage and compliance work.
The Arena Boulevard site was one of four micro-communities proposed in Sacramento; a group called the Advisory Council for Legal Ethical Oversight filed a lawsuit in April seeking to halt the project.
Voice of San Diego · 2026-08-20 · on Del Mar Fairgrounds board termination of an affordable-housing agreement
The board that runs the Del Mar Fairgrounds voted 5-3 on August 18 to terminate the exclusive negotiating agreement it signed in 2024 with the city of Del Mar to locate part of an affordable housing project on Fairgrounds land now occupied by an RV park. Board members cited economic and political uncertainties and what they called "animosity" surrounding the project.
On August 5, the Del Mar City Council demanded an investigation into California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a Fairgrounds board member over whether ties to a rival project's developer biased them against the Fairgrounds project.
Spectrum News · 2026-08-24 · on San Diego shelter strategy and 2026 point-in-time results
San Diego's latest point-in-time count found a 6.6% year-over-year decline in unsheltered homelessness within the city, and the countywide 2026 count recorded 5,108 people living unsheltered, down from 5,714, with 4,695 counted in shelters or transitional housing, up from 4,191. The share of households exiting the homeless services system to permanent housing rose from 23% to 29% over three years. Mayor Todd Gloria attributed the results to a mix of shelter types — traditional shelters, safe parking and supervised safe sleeping sites — and said "this mayor is not saying mission accomplished."
CalMatters reported August 21 that homeless point-in-time counts declined in most reporting California counties this year.
The Good Works Coalition, a group of homeless people, advocates and service providers, wrote an open letter to Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration calling for a 24/7 "heat respite-and-navigation" site during summer, better communication about cooling centers, and shelter protections comparable to winter Code Blue. The city has recorded eight heat-related deaths so far this year, according to the Department of Public Health, which does not track the housing status of those who died; city officials said heat poses different threats than cold and kept additional winter shelter beds open year-round this summer.
The additional shelter beds are funded only through the end of the fiscal year, and most city cooling centers close by 9 p.m., with one 24-hour location in Kensington.
Dallas leaders said they will complete a 75-unit transitional pallet housing facility with mental health support in southern Dallas. The city's Office of Housing and Community Empowerment and District 7 Council Member Adam Bazaldua announced plans in early August for approximately 75 transitional pallet homes on underutilized TxDOT property near Interstate 310, paired with behavioral health care, addiction treatment, case management and employment assistance.
Vendor Pallet has built similar communities in Atlanta, Tampa and Denver.
The San Francisco Standard · 2026-08-25 · on Ninth Circuit ruling on HUD and DOT grant conditions
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on August 25 upheld an injunction blocking conditions HUD and the Department of Transportation attached to already-awarded grants, which required recipients to certify they run no programs violating federal anti-discrimination law, promise not to spend funds promoting "gender ideology" or elective abortion, and verify recipients' immigration status. Writing for the panel, Judge M. Margaret McKeown found most conditions "far exceed the limited authority set out by Congress and superimpose onerous requirements well after the government already awarded grant funds"; the panel held Title VI does permit nondiscrimination assurances and remanded for the district court to narrow its injunction accordingly, with Judge Patrick Bumatay dissenting. San Francisco's city attorney said the ruling protects roughly $240 million in annual HUD funding to the city, including about $50 million for homelessness services, plus some $2 billion in DOT funds.
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein in Seattle blocked the conditions in June 2025; the administration appealed that order.
NAHRO · 2026-08-20 · on PIH Notice 2026-22 on Housing Choice Voucher reserve offsets
HUD published Notice PIH 2026-22, which describes the implementation of an offset of funding for the original Moving to Work agencies, the process by which those agencies may appeal, and the criteria HUD will use in evaluating appeals. Under the notice, HUD may offset Housing Choice Voucher reserves until an initial MTW agency holds a reserve balance equal to four months of operating expenses; offset appeals are due by 5 p.m. ET on October 19, 2026.
HUD rescinded payment standard flexibilities for the Emergency Housing Voucher and Stability Voucher programs the prior week, per an August 19 NLIHC report.
S&P Global · 2026-08-25 · on June 2026 national home prices, up 1.5% year over year
The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index posted a 1.5% annual gain for June 2026, up from a 1.2% rise the previous month, with the 20-City composite up 2.1%. Chicago reported the highest annual gain among the 20 cities at 6.9%, while Seattle posted the lowest, falling 2.0%; the non-seasonally-adjusted National and 20-City indices each rose 0.4% month over month.
Sales of new U.S. single-family homes dropped 10.5% in July to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 607,000 units from June's upwardly revised pace, according to Census Bureau and HUD estimates released August 25. The median new house price of $393,800 in July was 0.9% lower than a year earlier; Reuters reported that high mortgage rates and prices weighed on the market.
2026-08-27 — Deadline under Judge Edward Chen's order for advocates to propose, and Berkeley to approve or reject, relocation sites for 23 Eighth-and-Harrison camp residents (source)
2026-08-28 — Appearance forms and docketing statements due in First Circuit No. 26-1923 (NAEH v. HUD); HUD's stay motion has been fully briefed since August 24 and the court has said it intends to rule promptly (source)
2026-08-31 — House returns from recess; it must reconcile its CR (through December 4, passed 220-205 on July 23) with the Senate-passed CR (through December 11, passed 90-6 on August 8) ahead of the September 30 funding deadline (source)
2026-08-31 — St. Johns drop-in center closes after Multnomah County pulled funding (source)
2026-08-31 — Portland's council-ordered social housing study final report expected by the end of August (source)
2026-09-08 — Comments due on HUD's proposed rescission of the 2024 floodplain and Federal Flood Risk Management Standard rules (source)
2026-09-14 — Comments due on HUD's CDBG-DR allocation formula notice (Docket No. FR-6337-N-02) (source)
2026-09-30 — FY2026 government funding expires absent a continuing resolution (source)
2026-10-09 — Comments due on HUD's proposed amendments to the Fair Housing Act disparate-impact standard (source)
2026-10-19 — Offset appeals due 5 p.m. ET from original Moving to Work agencies under HUD Notice PIH 2026-22 (source)
2026-10-26 — Comments due on HUD's 60-day notice for a generic post-award information collection covering HUD competitive awards (source)