Memo to Members and Partners Articles
The House Financial Services Committee held a full committee hearing on January 14, “On the Brink of Homelessness: How the Affordable Housing Crisis and the Gentrification of America is Leaving Families Vulnerable.” Witnesses included: Karen Chapple, professor and chair of the Department of City…
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced on November 21, the “Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019” (H.R.5187) to invest more than $100 billion to improve housing infrastructure and create jobs.
The bill would provide a one-…
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…
Source: Lo, et al. (2019) National Longitudinal Land Use Survey, Urban Land Institute. Survey included 1,703 jurisdictions in 50 largest CBSAs.