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Hearings on June 10^th and 11^th in the House and Senate on HUD’s FY26 budget request to Congress surfaced both considerable disillusionment with HUD’s paltry request as well as camaraderie, among some members of Congress, with LeadingAge’s priorities.

HUD is scheduling remaining Section 8 HAP contract subsidies for payment this week.

The agency pushed back the deadline for grantees to submit their grant renewal packages to HUD from June 20^th to June 27^th, allowing two full weeks from the release of official guidance to respond.

All Service Coordinator grantees must submit their grant extension packages by June 20^th for HUD approval. Meanwhile, according to HUD, the agency anticipates payment of delayed June and earlier Section 8 HAP vouchers early this week.

The current regulations were designed to limit even unintended discriminatory effects within housing marketing practices and to make housing access more fair.

The latest HUD Notice officially delays the HOTMA compliance date by six months, until Jan. 1, 2026.

While LeadingAge supports the LIHTC provisions, it finds more harm than good in the House-passed reconciliation bill and will continue to work to ensure the Senate does not follow the House’s lead. Read more and take action to urge Congress to oppose the reconciliation bill and support HUD’s FY 2026 funding now.