Nearly 1300 Organizations Call for Expanding the National Housing Trust Fund
Nearly 1300 organizations signed onto a letter to Congress urging increased funding to the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) to at least $3.5 billion annually through comprehensive housing finance…
Sign Letter to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund, Deadline February 7
The deadline to sign your organization onto a letter urging Congress to increase funding to the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) is Wednesday, February 7. Sign the letter today telling…
An Opportunity for a Stronger HTF
Thanks for all you have done over the past year to protect funding for federal housing solutions and to defeat harmful policies that put low income families at risk. There is now a new opportunity to…
Join the Campaign to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund
NLIHC’s National Housing Trust Fund campaign has taken on new urgency in light of new opportunities and threats this year in Congress. National, state, and local organizations and local government…
FHFA Shares Views on Housing Finance Reform
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt sent a letter and an accompanying report to the Senate Banking Committee on January 16 to provide the agency’s perspective on housing finance…
Housing Trust Fund at Risk Due to Tax Reform
Due to unintended impacts from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” signed into law in December, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have announced they will likely need an advance from the U.S.…
House Committee Passes Bill Jeopardizing the National Housing Trust Fund
The House Financial Services Committee passed 13 bills on December 13, including H.R. 4560, the “GSE Jumpstart Reauthorization Act of 2017.” H.R. 4560 would require Federal Housing Finance…
House Subcommittee to Hold Additional Hearings on Housing Finance Reform
The House will hold two additional hearings on housing finance reform the week of November 6, one on the role of Ginnie Mae in the housing finance system and one (the third in a series) on private…
House Subcommittee to Hold Second Hearing on Housing Finance Reform
The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will hold a hearing, “Sustainable Housing Finance: Private Sector Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform, Part II” on November 2 at 2…
House Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Housing Finance Reform
The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will hold a hearing, “Sustainable Housing Finance: Private Sector Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform,” on Wednesday, October 25 at…
Updated HTF Information, One-Page Summary How States Propose to Use the HTF
NLIHC has updated and streamlined its national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) website. In particular, the “HTF State Allocation Plan” section currently has the 2016 HUD-approved HTF Allocation Plans for…