Memo to Members and Partners Articles
Thanks for all you have done over the past year to protect funding for federal housing solutions and to defeat harmful policies that put low income families at risk. There is now a new opportunity to take a step forward and significantly expand resources dedicated to the national Housing Trust Fund…
NLIHC’s National Housing Trust Fund campaign has taken on new urgency in light of new opportunities and threats this year in Congress. National, state, and local organizations and local government officials are invited to join the campaign by signing onto our national letter to Congress. The…
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt sent a letter and an accompanying report to the Senate Banking Committee on January 16 to provide the agency’s perspective on housing finance reform. The report states that a future housing finance system should ensure sustainable rental…
Due to unintended impacts from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” signed into law in December, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have announced they will likely need an advance from the U.S. Treasury – a move that, under current Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) policy, risks a suspension…