LeadingAge Tells HUD and White House Timely Rental Assistance Payments Are Non-Negotiable; HUD Reins in Delays for July
(July 1, 2025) In response to seriously delayed federal rental assistance payments for June and projected for July, LeadingAge on June 26th sent a letter to the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requesting that the federal government urgently resolve the payment delays.
Now, HUD has told LeadingAge that the agency has worked to address these delays, but roughly 200 HUD-assisted communities may still be affected for the month of July, and some properties may see delays and insufficient funds warnings for August.
HUD maintains rental assistance contracts with private, multifamily housing communities and pays monthly project-based subsidy to support affordable housing for older adults and other households with low incomes. Housing communities rely on the monthly rental assistance payments from HUD to pay housing staff, property mortgages, community utilities, and more.
Approximately 1,000 monthly rental assistance payments to affordable housing communities (roughly 6 percent of the country’s project-based rental assistance portfolio) were weeks late for June. Most housing communities received payments mid-month, but some were still missing payments as the month came to a close, and additional delays were projected for July. The payment shortfall for housing communities across the country is impacting tens of thousands of households in affordable housing, many with extremely low incomes.
LeadingAge learned that the delays were due to a slowdown in funds apportionment from OMB to HUD. Read the association’s letter here, and let Juliana Bilowich, LeadingAge’s Senior Director of Housing Operations and Policy, know if your funding delays persist, as LeadingAge continues to work closely with HUD to get affordable housing communities paid on time so that they can cover their costs.
Contact: Annalyse Komoroske Denio, akomoroskedenio@leadingageny.org, 518-867-8866