Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Manchin Closing in on Reconciliation Deal – Take Action Today!
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) are reportedly closing in on an agreement over a significantly scaled-down reconciliation package that draws on last year’s…
House Appropriations Committee Approves Draft FY23 THUD Bill with 17% Funding Increase for HUD
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved the draft fiscal year (FY) 2023 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee bill along a…
Senator Padilla Introduces Bill Addressing Substance Use Treatment for People Experiencing Homelessness
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced the “Coordinating Substance Use and Homelessness Care Act” in the U.S. Senate on June 27. The bill would create a new HUD grant program to better coordinate…
HFSC Holds Hearing on Private Equity Firms’ Impact on Housing Affordability
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s (HFSC) Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on June 28, “Where Have All the Houses Gone? Private Equity, Single Family Rentals,…
OSAH Campaign Releases New Podcast Episode on Trends in Housing Discrimination
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released a new podcast episode, “Trends in Housing Discrimination.” The thirty-seventh installment in OSAH’s podcast series, the new episode features a…
Join Next Monday’s (July 11) Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 Webinar on Tenant Associations and Election Engagement
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar series features experts with frontline election experience to walk through every step of voter and candidate engagement activities and support…
HUD Multifamily Publishes Streamlining Management and Occupancy Review (MOR) Final Rule
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) published a final rule in the Federal Register on June 29 amending existing Project-Based Section 8 regulations related to Management and…
Research Finds Source-of-Income Laws Increase Upwardly Mobile Moves for Existing Voucher Holders
New research from the NYU Furman Center and NYU Wagner School examines how source-of-income (SOI) protections impact where Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders live. The paper, “Advancing Choice in…
Join Upcoming Tenant Talk Live Webinar for Renters and Resident Leaders on the Intersection of Affordable Housing and the Living Wage
NLIHC will host “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for renter and resident leaders – next Monday, July 11, at 6 pm ET. Tenants from Ohio and Hawaii will join the webinar to share their personal…
One in Four Renters with Extremely Low Incomes Experienced an Increase in Monthly Rent of at least $100
Source: Household Pulse Survey Week 46: June 1-13, 2022, U.S. Census Bureau.
Fargo-Moorhead Coalition to End Homelessness Releases 2022 State of Homelessness Report
The Fargo-Moorhead Coalition to End Homelessness (FM Coalition) released its annual report on the state of homelessness in the Fargo-Moorhead Metro Area, which encompasses Cass County, North Dakota,…