Rural communities face unique challenges when dealing with the affordable housing crisis. Because development does not generally occur at a large scales in rural areas, construction costs are often higher in rural communities compared to urban areas, which reduces the incentives for private investment. Additionally, a lack of access to credit in many rural areas limits funding for maintenance of existing units.
NLIHC works with our state and national partners to advocate for increased funding for USDA and HUD programs, particularly those that provide funding to non-profits that support the creation of affordable housing.
Memo to Members and Partners Articles
Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tim Scott (R-SC), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced legislation on June 12 to support state and local governments that wish to include manufactured housing as an affordable housing solution when applying for federal funding.
The “HUD…
The House Finance Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance held its first hearing in the 116th Congress on April 2 to assess the federal response to the affordable housing crisis in rural America. The hearing focused on the issue of prepayment and…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition released today Opportunities to End Homelessness and Housing Poverty in the 116th Congress, a memo to incoming senators and representatives on concrete steps they can take to help address one of the most critical issues facing extremely low income families…
January 28, 2019
NHLP Provides Updated Legal Memo on Rights of Housing-Assisted Residents During Shutdown
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) has updated its legal overview of the impact of the partial federal government shutdown on residents in key HUD and USDA Rural Development (RD) assisted housing programs (see Memo, 1/22) and produced a one-page flyer summarizing residents’ legal rights during…