Senator Warren Introduces Bold Affordable Housing Bill
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) introduced on September 26 the “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act,” a bold and comprehensive affordable housing bill designed to end homelessness and housing…
Senator Warren Introduces a Visionary Housing Bill
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will introduce an ambitious proposal – the “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018” – to help end housing poverty and…
NLIHC Releases Interim Report Summarizing Inaugural HTF Projects
NLIHC published Getting Started: First Homes Being Built with 2016 National Housing Trust Fund Awards on Wednesday, September 12. This interim report profiles how 42 states, so far, have awarded…
First Homes Being Built or Rehabilitated Using New National Housing Trust Fund
New report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition profiles the success of the national Housing Trust Fund program & makes the case for additional resources for affordable housing…
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Congress’s Failure to Complete Housing Finance Reform
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing titled “A Failure to Act: How a Decade without GSE Reform Has Once Again Put Taxpayers at Risk.” The hearing will take place on September 6…
Court of Appeals Rules that FHFA is Structured Unconstitutionally
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on July 17 that the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is structured unconstitutionally. Because the agency has a single director who does not…
HUD Publishes FY18 Housing Trust Fund Allocations in Federal Register
HUD published the FY18 allocations for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in the Federal Register on June 5. The allocations totaling $266 million will go to all 50 states, five territories, and…
Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Need for Housing Finance Reform
The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on May 23 on “Ten Years of Conservatorship: The Status of the Housing Finance System” with Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt as the…
HUD Issues State Allocations of $266.8 Million for the National Housing Trust Fund in 2018
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) announced how $266.8 million in national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) resources are allocated in 2018 to each state, the District of Columbia,…
FHFA Protects Funding to the National Housing Trust Fund, Nearly $269 Million Estimated for 2018
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced on February 14 that it would protect funding for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in 2018. The recently passed tax law caused a devaluation of…