NLIHC and Partners Urge Congress to Prioritize Lowest Income Households in FY18
NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to fund…
More than 60 Mayors Push for Increased Federal Funding for Public Housing
A group of more than 60 mayors sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging Congress to provide more federal funding for public housing. The long-term…
Congress May Include Housing Credit Expansion and Improvements in Omnibus Spending Bill
House appropriators expect to introduce a $1.3 trillion omnibus FY18 spending bill as early as March 15. The omnibus includes all 12 spending bills for the current fiscal that started on October 1,…
House Financial Services Committee Approves FY19 Budget Views and Estimates
The House Financial Services Committee approved its FY19 Budget Views and Estimates by a vote of 32 to 25 on March 6. This document is submitted to the House Budget Committee for consideration in…
Tell Congress to Provide Robust Funding for Affordable Housing and Reject Proposals to Slash Housing Benefits
Sign two letters calling on Congress to reject President Donald Trump’s FY19 proposals to slash funding to federal affordable housing programs and to impose harmful rent increases and arbitrary…
White House Officials Testify on FY19 Budget Proposal
Several Senate and House committees held hearings on President Donald Trump’s proposed FY19 budget, which would dramatically cut HUD and USDA affordable housing programs and other non-defense…
President's Budget Calls for Drastic Cuts to Affordable Housing
President Donald Trump’s FY19 budget request released on February 12 proposes drastic cuts to housing benefits that help millions of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families…
Congress Passes Two-Year Budget Deal with Increased Spending for Non-Defense Discretionary Programs
Congress approved a bipartisan budget agreement, the “Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,” in the early morning of February 9, after a brief government shutdown, and the president signed it into law.…
Senator Nelson Calls on President Trump to Fund Housing Programs at "Unprecedented Level"
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on February 8 sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging him to include “unprecedented” funding for affordable housing in his FY19 budget request, which is set to be…
Take Action! President Trump Proposes to Slash Housing Benefits
Urge Congress to Reject these Harmful Proposals Today! Housing benefits are under attack. President Trump’s FY19 budget request – unveiled today – slashes federal housing benefits that help…
President's State of the Union Fails to Address Need for Affordable Housing
President Trump gave on January 20 his first State of the Union address. Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, issued a statement in response stating, “In his…