Housing Affordability & Cost Burden

Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introduced the “Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2019” (H.R.4984) on November 5. Co-sponsors include Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY), Danny Davis (D-IL), José Serrano (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), and…

The House Financial Services Committee passed several bills that would expand housing assistance for communities vulnerable to housing insecurity or homelessness. The “Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Grants Act of 2019” (H.R. 4029) passed the Committee unopposed on September 18, and the “…

The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University released The Shifting Profile of First-Time Homebuyers: 1997–2017, which shows a decline in the annual volume and rate of first-time homebuying over that time period. The authors also observe that first homes have become larger and more…

NLIHC held a Capitol Hill briefing, “Out of Reach: What State and Local Data Tell Us About Solutions to America’s Housing Crisis,” on July 26. The briefing informed more than 70 congressional office staffers on the scope of the national affordable housing crisis; the impact of the affordable…