Senator Heller Proposes New Housing Tax Credit for Seniors
Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced on October 11 the “Seniors Housing Tax Credit Act” (S.3580), a bill to create a new tax credit to help make housing affordable to extremely low income senior…
Representative Clyburn Proposes Renters Credit and Local Zoning Reforms
Representative James E. Clyburn (D-SC) introduced on October 9 the “Housing Opportunity, Mobility and Equity (HOME) Act of 2018” (H.R. 7050), the House version of the Senate legislation (S.3342)…
Urge Congressional Leaders to Attend NLIHC Briefing on Bold Solutions to Housing Crisis
NLIHC encourages advocates to ask their senators and representatives to attend our upcoming congressional briefing on “Bold Housing Solutions: Opportunities to Expand the National Housing Trust…
Where to Find Us – October 15
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: NCSHA's 2018 Annual Conference & Showplace, Austin, TX, on October 16…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of October 7
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of October 7. “Onus of young-voter turnout is on politicians, Cisneros says,” ArkansasOnline.com, October 10 at…
National Housing Law Project to Hold Webinar on Nuisance and Crime-Free Housing Ordinances
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a webinar, “Nuisance and Crime-Free Housing Ordinances and Policies: Protections for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence” on Thursday, October…
NYU Furman Center and Abt Associates Launch Tool for Local Communities to Assess and Address Affordable Housing Needs
The NYU Furman Center and Abt Associates recently launched LocalHousingSolutions.org, an interactive resource dedicated to helping counties, cities, and towns create and implement strategies to…
From the Field: Oklahoma Coalition for Affordable Housing Releases Report on Economic Impact of State Housing Tax Credit
The Oklahoma Coalition for Affordable Housing, an NLIHC state partner, recently released Oklahoma’s Affordable Housing Act Tax Credit- Economic Impact 9-2018. The report documents the results of an…
Fact of the Week: Support for Mortgage Deduction Declines When People Understand It Is Inequitable, Costly, and Ineffective at Creating New Homeowners
Source: Brian J. McCabe (2018): “Costly, Regressive, and Ineffective: How Sensitive is Public Support for the Mortgage Interest Deduction in the United States?,” Housing Policy…
Knowing the Facts Decreases Public Support for the Mortgage Interest Deduction
A study by Brian McCabe, “Costly, Regressive, and Ineffective: How Sensitive Is Public Support for the Mortgage Interest Deduction in the United States,” published in Housing Policy Debate finds…
HUD Issues Notice Regarding Deadlines to Commit and Spend National Housing Trust Fund Allocations
HUD issued Notice CPD-18-12 providing guidance to states regarding their statutory and regulatory obligations to “commit” and “expend” their national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocations within two…