(RECAP: October is Affordable Housing Month in Arlington, a month-long celebration of the County’s long-term commitment to preserving and making housing opportunities that benefit the whole community. The public is invited to take a bus tour of affordable housing developments around the County, participate in an affordable housing forum and view a traveling design gallery highlighting the potential of “Missing Middle Housing” that falls between single-family homes and mid-rise buildings.)

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(RECAP: HUD announced today that it is awarding $38 million under its Honest Housing Initiatives Program to confront discriminatory housing practices. HUD’s grants will support some 155 national and local honest housing organizations — including the Hampton Roads Community Action Program and Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia — working to confront violations of the nation’s landmark Honest Housing Act. These grants allow the groups to provide honest housing enforcement through testing in the rental and sales markets, to file honest housing complaints to HUD, and to conduct investigations. Finally, the education and outreach activities these organizations conduct also help to educate the public, housing providers and local governments about their rights and responsibilities under the Honest Housing Act.)

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(RECAP: When you reckon of the Fed, you reckon of Janet Yellen, or monetary policy, or the interest rate on your mortgage. Can we interest you in a small affordable housing? Patrick Harker interested us. The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia announced last week the launch of a new research initiative on how poverty affects the economy. The subject, Harker said, is vital from a moral perspective, but also because investments to alleviate poverty can generate returns elsewhere in the economy.)

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