Members of Congress will be home through Labor Day. Reach out and schedule a visit!
Congress will be in recess from through Labor Day. Now is the perfect time to schedule an in-district meeting or…
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve its FY18 spending bill for affordable housing and community development programs. While the bill significantly increases funding over the…
Despite the difficult budget climate on Capitol Hill, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a FY18 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) spending bill that increases funding for…
A campaign is underway to contact members of Congress and tell them to fully fund rural housing programs and to protect them from the cuts being proposed by the Trump administration and Congress.…
The Senate will begin its work on its Transportation-HUD (THUD) spending bill this week. The Senate THUD Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to debate its FY18 spending bill on Tuesday, July 25…
The House Appropriations Committee moved forward with its FY18 spending bill for affordable housing and community development programs on July 17. NLIHC and others estimate the bill would result in…
The full Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve its draft FY18 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spending bill, including funding for Rural Housing programs, on July 20. While the text…
NLIHC continues to urge advocates to contact their members of Congress about fully funding rural housing programs. President Donald Trump’s proposed FY18 budget would require significant reductions…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum for all federal department heads, instructing them on how to prepare their departments’ FY19 budgets. Memorandum M-17-28 requires FY19…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that he will keep the Senate in session for the first two weeks of August. The announcement comes as Senate Republicans face a long legislative…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) voted on its FY18 spending bill on July 11. The bill next goes to the full House…
The full House Appropriations Committee voted on July 12 to report the FY18 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spending bill to the House. While the proposed bill rejects President Trump’s more…
