Presidential Candidate Senator Warren Expands on Her Affordable Housing Plan, Mayor Buttigieg Releases a Summary of His
Candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination continue to release new plans to address the nation’s serious shortage of affordable housing and provide tenant protections. Senator…
NLIHC Board Member Shalonda Rivers Testifies to Congress on Health and Safety in HUD Housing
Shalonda Rivers, president of the Cordoba Courts Tenants Association in Opa Locka, FL, and member of the NLIHC board of directors, testified at a hearing on November 20 before the House Financial…
Senator Hirono Introduces Bold Bill to End Homelessness
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) introduced a bill, the "Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act," on November 21 to effectively end homelessness through robust investments in the…
Senator Warren to Introduce Legislation Addressing Public Housing Capital-Needs Backlog
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) announced on November 18 that she will introduce a Senate companion bill to Representative Nydia Velazquez’s (D-NY) “Public Housing Emergency Response Act” (H.R. 4546…
Committee Chair Waters and Representatives Tlaib and Pressley Urge HUD to Listen to Tenant Concerns as Part of NSPIRE Demonstration
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Representatives Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on November 18 urging HUD to…
Representative Waters and Senator Harris Introduce Housing Infrastructure Bill
House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced on November 21, the “Housing is Infrastructure Act of 2019” (H.R.5187) to invest more…
Representative Omar Calls for $1 Trillion Investment in Public Housing and Housing Trust Fund
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced on November 20 the “Homes for All Act” that would invest $1 trillion to create 9.5 million new public housing apartments and 2.5 million deeply affordable…
Senate Banking Committee Questions HUD Nominees about Harmful Proposals
The Senate Banking Committee on November 20 held a hearing for several individuals nominated for positions at HUD: Brian D. Montgomery for deputy secretary (see Memo 10/11), David C. Woll,…
Three Bills Introduced to Better Target Opportunity Zones, A Fourth Proposes Eliminating Them
Three bills recently introduced in Congress would tighten the statute that created Opportunity Zones (OZs). The three combined would limit the OZ tax benefit associated with any housing projects to…
House Passes Bills Expanding Housing Assistance for Tribes and Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
The House passed both the “Tribal Access to Homeless Assistance Grants Act of 2019” (H.R. 4029) and the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act of 2019” (H.R. 4300) by voice vote on November 18.…
Senate Democrats Raise Concerns about Proposed Changes to HUD Disparate Impact Rule
Led by Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), 46 Senate Democrats sent a letter today to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, expressing their deep concerns about the agency’s proposed…