Affordable Senior Housing News 2026Jan08

ADVOCACY WIN! HUD Commits to Moving Forward with Green Funding by Mid-February

In a court proceeding on January 5, the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the first time committed to a timeline for moving forward with the largest Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) awards, called Comprehensive awards, since initially canceling the already-awarded funding early in 2025. After HUD initially halted the funds, a court ordered HUD to revive the program, including by developing new guidance for processing the Comprehensive awards. LeadingAge has urged HUD to restart the program, and we applaud HUD for moving forward to process the critical funding for affordable housing communities in climate-vulnerable areas. 

Reminder: LeadingAge Housing Calls Resume Week of January 5.

LeadingAge's affordable housing policy team will restart our network and discussion groups in early January. Reach out to Juliana Bilowich (jbilowich@leadingage.org) to register for our calls. Our upcoming call schedule:

• Housing Policy/Advocacy Call on January 7, 1:30pm ET: We will discuss major developments on the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP), as well as movement in Congress to advance a HUD funding bill and action by HUD to allow certain properties to pay for internet access using HUD supportive services funds. This call will continue on a bi-weekly basis through March.
• Weekly Housing Network Call on January 12, 12:30pm ET: Our first Housing Network call of the year! We'll regroup on HOTMA delays, Supportive Services funds, and other housing updates. 
• No Housing Network Call on January 19: In observance of MLK Jr. Day, LeadingAge's office will be closed on January 19. 
• Housing Operations Workgroup on January 22 at 1pm ET: Our monthly workgroup call on housing operations will continue on the fourth Thursday of the month at 1pm ET. 
• Housing & Services Workgroup on February 12 at 1pm ET: Our monthly workgroup call on housing & services will resume in February on the second Thursday of the month at 1pm ET.

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