Senate Confirms Mark Calabria as FHFA Director
The Senate confirmed on April 4 Mark Calabria to serve a five-year term as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Dr. Calabria will be leading the agency, which governs the activities…
HUD Secretary Carson Testifies on HUD FY20 Budget
HUD Secretary Ben Carson testified on the Trump administration’s FY20 budget request before both the House and the Senate Appropriations Transportation-HUD (THUD) Subcommittees on April 3. Lawmakers…
Budget Committee Passes Legislation to Lift Non-Defense Discretionary Funding Caps
The House Budget Committee approved on April 3, by a vote of 19-17, legislation that would raise the discretionary spending caps for fiscal years (FY) 2020 and 2021. The “Investing for the People Act…
House Financial Services Committee Approves ‘Ending Homelessness Act’
The House Financial Services Committee approved, by a vote of 32-26, the “Ending Homelessness Act of 2019” (H.R. 1856) on March 28. The legislation was first introduced by House Financial Services…
House Committee Reviews Fair Housing Act
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on April 2 to review the Fair Housing Act and related efforts to eliminate discrimination and promote opportunity in housing. Witnesses testified…
House Passes ‘Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act’ with Housing Protections
The House of Representatives passed the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA) of 2019” (H.R. 1585) by a vote of 263-158 on March 4. The bill builds upon the housing protections that were…
House Subcommittee Assesses Federal Response to Rural Housing Crisis
The House Finance Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance held its first hearing in the 116th Congress on April 2 to assess the federal response to the…
Senate Committee Holds Two-Day Hearing on Housing Finance Reform
The Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee held a two-part hearing on Chairman Crapo’s (R-ID) outline for housing finance reform on March 26-27. Many witnesses spoke about housing…
Campaign Releases National Polling Results Finding Vast Majority Believes Housing Affordability Should Be “Top National Priority”
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released on March 28 at the NLIHC Housing Policy Forum the results of a nationwide public opinion poll it commissioned with Hart…
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Releases Growth Projections of Homeowner and Renter Households
The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) released growth projections of homeowner and renter households in a new report, Tenure Projections of Homeowner and Renter Households for 2018-2038…
Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance Budget Authority as a Share of GDP Has Declined Precipitously, Spending Relatively Consistent, Since the 1970s
Source: OMB Historical Tables 5.1 (Budget Authority by Function and Subfunction) and 10.1 (Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in Historical Tables: 1940-2024).