A Ninth Circuit panel heard argument Tuesday on HUD's request to proceed with cutting off $239 million in funding for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and said it would try to rule before the September 30 Continuum of Care application deadline, while Los Angeles County announced it will apply to HUD to take over the point-in-time count and three other federal functions LAHSA relinquished, with about $241 million earmarked for the region at stake. The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 to authorize a $466.6 million Homes for LA affordable-housing funding round, led by $324.1 million from Measure ULA. The Vancouver City Council approved $9.5 million from its Affordable Housing Fund for seven projects totaling about 400 units, and voted unanimously to set a 1,500-foot camping ban around the 120-bed Bridge Shelter opening this winter. SAMHSA awarded $42.3 million in supplemental block-grant funding to advance the administration's Treatment First model. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 802, requiring Sacramento-area governments to form a regional board on housing and homelessness by January 1, 2028.
The Vancouver City Council on September 14 approved spending $9.5 million from the city's Affordable Housing Fund on seven projects totaling about 400 units for seniors, families, people with disabilities and people exiting homelessness, according to a staff report. Awards include $3 million to preserve Smith Tower, $3 million to a 51-unit Vancouver Housing Authority senior project, and $1.5 million to Community Roots for a 24-unit permanent supportive housing development on East Mill Plain Boulevard. City officials also moved $2 million from rental assistance into production and preservation, saying rental assistance funds had been spent more slowly than anticipated.
Only one Vancouver project has received money from the state Housing Trust Fund in the past two years, which The Columbian reports has stalled about 560 planned affordable units.
The Vancouver City Council voted unanimously Monday night, after a public comment period, to approve an amendment to Vancouver Municipal Code 8.22 establishing a "Camping and Outside Habitation Impact Area" spanning 1,500 feet around the new 120-bed Bridge Shelter on Northeast 94th Avenue. Homeless Response Manager Jamie Spinelli said the city sets a 1,500-foot buffer for the larger facility versus 1,000 feet at smaller city shelters. The 24-hour shelter, operated by Do Good Multnomah, is set to open this winter.
The council had tentatively set the 1,500-foot boundary on September 14, with camping prohibited beginning November 1, per The Columbian.
Transition Projects took over operation of the 42-bed Rockwood Bridge Shelter in Gresham after its previous operator, Portland nonprofit Sunstone Way, dissolved earlier this year. Transition Projects staff introduced themselves at a September 17 Rockwood Neighborhood Association meeting and said all residents are adults already approved for permanent housing who are awaiting placement, and that program rules extend to a five-block radius around the shelter.
The shelter, a former Super 8 motel on Northeast 181st Avenue, opened in 2022.
Portland.gov · 2026-09-22 · on Portland campsite assessments, removals and shelter referrals for the week
The city's Street Services Coordination Center reported receiving 1,524 new campsite reports for the week of September 14-20, including 364 reports of people living in vehicles. Teams assessed approximately 640 reported campsites, visited 356 active campsites and removed 155 campsites the city said posed a risk to health and safety. Of 35 people who expressed interest in a shelter referral, 15 accepted and 6 used a shelter bed for at least one night.
Los Angeles County officials announced Tuesday the county will apply to HUD to take over four federal functions LAHSA relinquished — the annual point-in-time count, the annual federal funding application, the Homeless Management Information System, and the Coordinated Entry System — while the city of Los Angeles is seeking only the HMIS and CES functions. The move follows LAHSA's September 16 vote not to continue as lead agency for the Los Angeles Continuum of Care, which covers 85 cities plus unincorporated county. County counsel said any departure from the LAHSA joint-powers authority would require 180 days' notice; about $241 million already earmarked for the region by Congress is at stake.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week overruled U.S. District Judge David Carter's partial preliminary injunction that had allowed LAHSA access to federal homelessness funding for fiscal year 2026.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Sen. Angelique Ashby's Senate Bill 802, requiring Sacramento County and the cities of Sacramento, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Citrus Heights and Folsom to create a regional board on housing and homelessness by January 1, 2028. The board of elected officials would take over functions including the region's point-in-time count and coordinate shelter and housing programs. Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty, who opposed an earlier version, said he expects a more formal regional body to begin meeting later this year.
Sacramento County's most recent point-in-time count, released May 2026, estimated about 7,500 people experiencing homelessness in the county.
The Seattle City Council's Public Safety Committee on Tuesday passed Councilmember Dan Strauss's package of bills that would ban RVs without permits from parking overnight on most streets. The program requires people living in RVs to park in designated areas and discuss shelter options with service providers; those who do not participate could lose their vehicles after a few warnings. Strauss said the package would encourage people to move into more stable housing.
The legislation next goes to the full City Council for a vote.
Westside Current · 2026-09-22 · on the Homes for LA Round 2 affordable-housing funding round
The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 Tuesday to authorize the Los Angeles Housing Department, subject to mayoral approval, to release the Homes for LA Round 2 regulations and open a $466.6 million affordable-housing funding round, led by $324.1 million from Measure ULA revenue. Housing Committee chair Imelda Padilla spoke in support of new quarterly oversight requirements attached to the round.
The $466.6 million round opens only after mayoral approval of the released regulations; no money is awarded by the vote itself.
Berkeley cleared much of the Harrison and Eighth streets encampment in the Gilman District this week after nearly two years of court battles, with police and city workers arriving Tuesday following a Friday notice. An attorney for residents said seven people are legally exempted from removal until they receive disability accommodations, and within days at least one resident had returned while others moved to neighboring streets. City Manager Paul Buddenhagen told council members the city has already received "numerous" complaints about people relocating to nearby streets.
U.S. District Judge Edward Chen allowed the sweep to proceed but has ordered Berkeley to evaluate areas where homeless residents say they would prefer to build encampments.
The Jacksonville City Council approved a $2 billion budget Tuesday by an 18-1 vote, reversing the Finance Committee's August move to strike a new $4.9 million affordable housing trust fund; Council member Matt Carlucci's restoration amendment passed 12-7. The trust fund includes $2 million for down payment assistance, $1.4 million for capital stack funding and $1.5 million for attainable housing utility tap fees. An amendment to restore $500,000 held back from United Way eviction diversion failed, leaving that program at half its city funding.
If Florida voters approve the Amendment 3 homestead property tax cut on November 3, the held-back contingency money goes to reserves against a projected $300 million revenue shortfall by 2028.
Urban Milwaukee · 2026-09-21 · on the Phoenix Residential Apartments opening in Milwaukee
KG Development Group opened Phoenix Residential Apartments, a 31-unit affordable housing development in a redeveloped former Jewish Home in Milwaukee's Uptown neighborhood, with a ribbon-cutting Monday. Milwaukee County provided approximately $1.3 million toward the approximately $9 million redevelopment; the county Housing Division will lease 10 crisis-stabilization units and attach housing vouchers to eight of the units. Developer Anthony Kazee said the project required 13 different sources of financing, with Bader Philanthropies providing the final gap funding.
Milwaukee County has funded affordable housing developments in nine suburbs under County Executive David Crowley's administration.
A Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco heard argument Tuesday on HUD's request for a stay pending appeal of Judge David O. Carter's preliminary injunction, which blocked HUD's suspension of $239 million in funding for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. Judge Roopali Desai called HUD's position on the September 30 collaborative-applicant deadline a "gotcha" argument, while Judge Ryan Nelson said Congress provided for direct applications to HUD by service providers. Judge Jacqueline Nguyen said the panel would try to rule as speedily as possible given the September 30 application deadline.
Carter's August injunction warned the suspension would displace more than 11,000 unhoused people.
SAMHSA awarded $42.3 million in supplemental block-grant funding to states and territories to implement the July 2025 executive order "Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets" and the White House "Treatment First" best-practices toolkit. The total comprises $17.3 million to Community Mental Health Services Block Grant recipients and $25 million to Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant recipients for sober and recovery housing capacity, plus a separate $2 million to the Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network. The agency said the mental-health block grant portion covers technical assistance, training, policy development, and cross-system coordination rather than direct treatment services.
The executive order directing agencies to prioritize treatment and recovery over Housing First was signed July 24, 2025.
FHA said Tuesday it is accepting public comments through November 6 on proposed updates to its Minimum Property Requirements for single-family homes, following an earlier request for information. The agency said the standards have not been substantially updated in more than two decades and that the proposal would align FHA standards with those of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, simplify policy language, and refine required repairs. FHA said it will review feedback before publishing a final update to Handbook 4000.1.
Trade groups including the Mortgage Bankers Association had urged HUD Secretary Scott Turner in a joint letter to address the property requirements and appraisal reforms.
NLIHC published an analysis of National Housing Preservation Database summary data showing that Low-Income Housing Tax Credit units account for more than half of federally assisted rental homes in 25 states and the District of Columbia. The database's count of federally assisted homes spans Section 8 contracts, public housing, LIHTC, project-based vouchers, USDA programs, and the national Housing Trust Fund, among others.
The figures come from the NHPD's August 2026 summary reporting.
2026-09-30 — FY2026 CoC Program Competition applications due to HUD, 8:00 p.m. ET; the Ninth Circuit panel said it would try to rule on HUD's LAHSA stay request before this deadline (source)
2026-10-01 — FY2027 Fair Market Rents take effect; comments and reevaluation requests due the same day (source)
2026-10-13 — Comments due on HUD's Notice of Research Justifying Additional Incentives for Certain Activities To Reduce Homelessness (FR-6628-N-01) (source)
2026-11-06 — Comments due on FHA's proposed updates to single-family Minimum Property Requirements (HUD Single Family Drafting Table) (source)
2026-12-01 — Date by which HUD says FY2026 CoC NOFO awards are expected (source)
2026-12-11 — FY2027 continuing resolution expires; the CR signed September 1 funds the government through December 11 (source)