HUD filed a 54-page notice for public inspection September 10 proposing incentives in the Continuum of Care program for five activity categories, including drug-free and sober housing and coordination with law enforcement, with comments due 30 days after its scheduled September 11 publication. The board of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care published a request for qualifications for the four federally mandated functions that make up LAHSA's core work, with applications due September 24 and the board's report to Judge David O. Carter due October 13; the county and Mayor Karen Bass's office both said they intend to apply. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported the average 30-year fixed conforming rate rose to 6.85 percent for the week ending September 4, which the association said is the highest since June 2025. Boston opened 41 LaGrange Street, a 19-story downtown tower with 126 income-restricted apartments, 70 of them for people exiting homelessness.
Portland Mercury · 2026-09-09 · on housing positions in Portland's District 3 council race
The Mercury published a voter guide profiling the 21 candidates running for three council seats this November in District 3, which covers most of inner Southeast Portland plus parts of Northeast and outer Southeast Portland to I-205. The guide recounts incumbent records on housing: Tiffany Koyama Lane passed an ordinance banning algorithmic rental price-fixing software, and Angelita Morillo brought forward housing permitting reforms and opposed the Moda Center project funding. Challenger positions in the guide range from Patrick Hilton's opposition to increased-density rezoning in favor of adaptive reuse to Keir Legree's support for requiring drug-recovery engagement or employment to access homeless services.
District 3 incumbents Koyama Lane, Morillo and Novick were elected in November 2024 under Portland's first ranked-choice, multi-member district election.
The Columbian reported that Couve Collective, a recovery nonprofit at 1009 W. 13th St. in downtown Vancouver, has since last winter opened its doors early each day so health care, mental health, recovery and housing workers can meet homeless clients in one place. Partner organizations named in the story include Share, Thrive2Survive, Outsiders Inn and the city's Homeless Assistance and Resources Team. Program director Jackie Peters said some people relocated during a recent encampment cleanup, making them hard for outreach workers to find for a few days.
The Columbian reported August 19 that a Share-led cleanup of a downtown Vancouver encampment left many residents looking for shelter.
Street Roots · 2026-09-08 · on proposals to divert Portland Clean Energy Fund money, including $75 million toward the Moda Center
Street Roots reported on proposals to redirect Portland Clean Energy Fund revenue: a Safer Portland initiative to divert 25% of PCEF's annual revenue to hire 400 more police officers failed to gather enough signatures for the November ballot, and Mayor Keith Wilson has advocated reallocating $75 million from PCEF toward Moda Center renovations after the City Council approved a term sheet August 13 committing the city to $120 million up front. Community groups including Kijani Collective and EnerCity Collaborative objected that diversions contradict the fund's stated purpose of investing in frontline communities.
PCEF is funded by a 1% surcharge on large retailers with $1 billion in national revenue and $500,000 in local revenue, approved by Portland voters in 2018.
The board of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care published a request for qualifications seeking applicants for the four federally mandated functions that make up LAHSA's core work, including the homelessness database, the annual count, and the annual HUD funding application. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said the county would apply to take over those functions, and Mayor Karen Bass said the city "intends to apply for some or all the roles"; Bass stepped down from LAHSA's 10-member board Wednesday. Applications are due September 24, with a special meeting scheduled October 7 and the board's report to Judge David O. Carter due October 13.
In August, Judge Carter ordered HUD to accept LAHSA's 2026 application and distribute $241 million under local priorities while requiring a nationwide competition for the 2027 contract.
City filings show the 61-unit Hudson House at 1712 Summit Ave, a 1906-era building operating as studio micro-apartments, will be used as supportive shelter under a partnership with Purpose. Dignity. Action., which runs the CoLEAD program. The Easton Group acquired the building from Pioneer Human Services for $4.5 million in 2024, with rents around $799 a month plus utilities. PDA said its lodging agreements set occupancy terms without requiring sobriety or criminal background checks.
The Seattle Office of Housing committed $27 million to permanent supportive housing workforce wages at partners and contractors in its latest budget.
City of Boston · 2026-09-09 · on a 126-unit downtown Boston tower with 70 units for people exiting homelessness
Mayor Michelle Wu, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and Auxiliary Bishop Robert F. Hennessey joined St. Francis House and the Planning Office for Urban Affairs to open 41 LaGrange Street, a 19-story, all-electric Passive House tower in downtown Boston with 126 income-restricted rental homes. Of the 126 apartments, 70 are dedicated to individuals exiting homelessness, who will receive wraparound services through St. Francis House, and 56 serve workforce, middle-, and low-income households. The building was constructed on a former surface parking lot.
The city said Boston has created 668 permanent supportive housing units since Mayor Wu took office.
The Metro Homelessness Planning Council was set to discuss creating a centralized facility where people experiencing homelessness could access services in one place. Metro Councilmember Jacob Kupin said Nashville has no single central intake facility and that many cities have city-owned buildings for homeless services. The council was expected to hear about a Memphis facility as a possible model; location, cost, and funding have not been determined.
Nashville's Office of Homeless Services certified a 2026 point-in-time count of 2,298 people on January 22, 2026, a 5.4 percent increase from 2025.
Federal Register (HUD) · 2026-09-10 · on HUD's proposed Continuum of Care program incentive categories
HUD filed a 54-page notice for public inspection September 10 seeking comment on activities it proposes to incent through the Continuum of Care program, with comments due 30 days after its scheduled September 11 publication. The notice names five activity categories, including transitional housing with employment- and behavioral-health-focused services, supportive service participation agreements, drug-free and sober housing, and coordination with law enforcement and first responders. The notice states that as of 2023 a median of 6 percent of individuals in CoC-funded housing nationally increased their earned employment income during the reporting period.
On August 27 the First Circuit ordered the parties in NAEH v. HUD (26-1923) to brief what "bonuses or other incentives" means under 42 U.S.C. § 11386b(d)(1); HUD's stay motion in that appeal remains pending.
The MBA reported mortgage applications fell 2.7 percent for the week ending September 4, 2026, with the refinance index down 6 percent from the prior week and 25 percent below a year earlier, and the seasonally adjusted purchase index down 0.2 percent. The average 30-year fixed conforming rate rose to 6.85 percent from 6.79 percent, which MBA deputy chief economist Joel Kan said was the highest since June 2025. Kan attributed the rise to investor concerns over inflation and the federal budget deficit.
Freddie Mac's weekly survey put the 30-year fixed rate at 6.71 percent as of September 3.
The National Housing Law Project submitted a comment September 8 opposing HUD's proposed rescission of portions of the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard, writing that the proposal "puts poor and working families that rely on HUD assistance at greater risk of danger, displacement, and homelessness by reducing notification and mitigation requirements for homes that are vulnerable to flooding." HUD published the proposed rule July 10, 2026; supporters of the rescission argued local governments know their flood conditions better than federal officials. The comment period closed September 8.
Comments on the proposed rule (Federal Register document 2026-13939, published July 10, 2026) closed September 8, 2026.
The American Economic Liberties Project released a case study of institutional ownership of single-family rentals in Phoenix, which it identified as the country's second-largest market for corporate-owned single-family rentals after Atlanta. The report estimated 13–14 percent of Phoenix single-family rentals, roughly 33,000 to 72,000 homes, are investor owned, with Invitation Homes holding approximately 9,200 properties, and said Phoenix accounts for more than 40 percent of build-to-rent units constructed in the Western U.S. The report's recommendations include Arizona's HB 2325, which would cap institutional investors at 50 single-family homes statewide.
The FTC reached a $48 million settlement with Invitation Homes in September 2024 over allegations involving deceptive lease costs and hidden fees.
2026-09-11 — HUD notice "Research Justifying Additional Incentives for Certain Activities to Reduce Homelessness" publishes in the Federal Register; 30-day comment period begins (source)
2026-09-14 — Clark County Council public hearing on manufactured home park protections (source)
2026-09-14 — Documents from Mayor Bass's office due to the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency in its LAHSA federal-funds inquiry (source)
2026-09-15 — House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on LAHSA's use of federal funds; Bass declined to appear (source)
2026-09-15 — Census Bureau releases 2025 income, poverty, and health insurance statistics (CPS ASEC) (source)
2026-09-18 — Responses due on plaintiffs' unopposed motion to amend judgment in NAEH v. HUD (D.R.I. 1:26-cv-00436) (source)
2026-09-18 — NW Northrup Shelter in Portland closes permanently, one year after opening (source)
2026-09-22 — Rochester City Council vote on $1.15 million in Opioid Compensation Fund money to reopen Peace Village (source)
2026-09-24 — Applications due to the Los Angeles Continuum of Care board's request for qualifications for LAHSA's four federally mandated functions (source)
2026-09-28 — Comments due on HUD 30-day information collection notice, "Public Housing Reform; Change in Admission and Occupancy Requirements" (source)
2026-09-30 — Deadline for Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign or veto the California bill barring housing-authority work requirements and time limits on federal rental assistance (source)
2026-10-01 — FY 2027 Fair Market Rents take effect; comments on the FMR notice also due this date (source)
2026-10-07 — Los Angeles Continuum of Care board special meeting to discuss applications for LAHSA's federally mandated functions (source)
2026-10-13 — Los Angeles Continuum of Care board report to Judge David O. Carter summarizing its evaluations of applicants (source)
2026-10-20 — Portland Housing Bureau hybrid public hearing on permanent Affordable Housing SDC Exemption Program rules; written testimony due October 23 (source)
2026-10-27 — Status conference in LAHSA v. Trump before Judge David O. Carter (C.D. Cal. 2:26-cv-07056); trial set February 23, 2027 (source)
2026-11-02 — Comments due on the revised Operations Notice for the Moving to Work demonstration expansion (source)
2026-12-11 — Continuing resolution signed September 2 (H.R. 6500) funds the government through this date (source)