Memo to Members and Partners Articles
HUD has approved 41 national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Allocation Plans as of March 3. Of the 41, HUD has publicly identified 25: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North…
Contact Congress today to emphasize the importance of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), and sign your organization onto a letter from advocates around the country asking Congress to protect and expand this resource. In the first year of funding for HTF, states made plans to build and preserve…
The Senate voted to confirm two of President Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet positions. Steven Mnuchin was confirmed on February 13 as secretary of the Department of the Treasury by a largely party-line vote of 53-47. Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) issued a statement in…
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on “The Geography of Poverty” the week of February 12. The hearing explored the increasing poverty in suburban communities, the high levels of poverty in rural areas, and the barriers and solutions to addressing poverty.…