Friday news roundup 3/28/14

HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has posted the slide presentation shown during last week’s webcast on 2014 funding for the housing choice voucher (HCV) program. You’ll find a link to the presentation at the top of the HCV home page. The webcast itself is available for viewing on demand in HUD’s webcast archive or on YouTube.

Homelessness Law Blog: U.N. Human Rights Committee condemns the criminalization of homelessness in the United States as “cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment”

The HUDdle: So far nearly 400 PHAs have applied for RAD authority to improve more than 1,000 public housing properties including 180,000 units

MetroTrends: Solving the MTO puzzle: Why girls benefit and boys struggle

NLIHC: Out of Reach 2014 finds American renters still cannot afford rent nationwide

Off the Charts: Don't let affordable housing programs go begging

Rooflines: Here’s how HUD’s housing choice voucher program could be better

White House: Sec. Donovan explains how HUD helps place women and girls in transitional housing, public housing and rental housing