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Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 11
Memo: 3,500 Orgs Urge Congress to Lift Spending Caps, Forthcoming Public Opinion Poll, and More
March 18, 2019More than 3,500 Organizations and Local Governments Join NLIHC in Urging Congress to Lift Spending Caps and Fully Fund Housing and Transportation Programs
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership urging lawmakers to work together to lift caps on federal…
March 18, 2019New National Public Opinion Poll Shows Vast Majority of Americans Believe Affordable Housing Should be a “Top National Priority”
The NLIHC-led Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign recently commissioned a national public opinion poll to assess people's thoughts and perspectives on issues related to…
March 18, 2019NLIHC Gap 2019 Report Calls for Significant Investments to Address Shortage of 7 Million Affordable and Available Homes for the Lowest-Income Households
NLIHC released The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019 on March 14. The report finds a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes for households with extremely low incomes at or…
March 18, 2019Fact of the Week: Millions More of Lowest-Income Renter Households are Housing Cost-Burdened than Any Other Income Group
Source: NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes 2019. NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data. 2019.
March 18, 2019Explore the Future of Public Housing at NLIHC’s March 27-29 Housing Policy Forum; Pre-Event Registration Ends Tomorrow!
Despite being a critical resource for ensuring low-income families have an affordable home, public housing suffers from decades of underfunding by Congress. As a result, public housing agencies have…
March 18, 2019Tomorrow, March 19, Is Final Day to Purchase Tickets to NLIHC’s March 28 Housing Leadership Awards Reception Honoring Katz, Clifford, and Cleaver
The deadline to purchase pre-event tickets to attend NLIHC’s March 28 Housing Leadership Awards Reception has been extended to tomorrow, March 19. The event will honor the affordable housing…
March 18, 2019House Passes Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act
The House of Representatives passed the “Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2019” (H.R. 1122) by a vote of 387-22 on March 11. Representatives Duffy (R-WI) and Cleaver (D-MO) of the…
March 18, 2019HUD Invites PHAs to Apply for “Rent Reform” Moving-to-Work Cohort
HUD posted Notice PIH-2019-04 inviting public housing agencies (PHAs) to apply to participate in the second cohort of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program expansion. This cohort will test “…
March 18, 2019Growing Voter and Candidate Support for Affordable Homes
Affordable homes are built as much with votes and ballots as with bricks and drywall: real change happens when voters support pro-affordable housing candidates and policies. In 2018, voters supported…
March 18, 2019House Subcommittee Questions Acting FEMA Director about Disaster Housing Assistance, Response in Puerto Rico
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a hearing, “Update on Recovery Efforts for 2017 and 2018 Disasters,” on March 12. Acting FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor, the sole…
March 18, 2019House Subcommittee Discusses Need for Increased Community Resiliency
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) held a hearing, “Stakeholder Perspectives: Building Resilient Communities,” on March 13. Members of…
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