The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026 report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was released on January 25. According to CBO, the federal deficit is projected to grow by about $8.5…
The House Committee on Financial Services will hold a mark-up of its “Views and Estimates” on the budget for FY17 on February 2. Early each calendar year, each Committee submits a Views and…
A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) analyzes how the Senate and House Committees on Appropriations allocated the $33 billion in funds for nondefense discretionary (NDD…
Housing assistance reform legislation, H.R. 3700, the “Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act,” is expected to be considered by the full House of Representatives floor during the week of…
On January 28, HUD announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will lower its insurance rates for multifamily mortgages in an effort to increase and preserve affordable and energy-…
In the coming months, NLIHC will offer a series of webinars to train advocates and service providers on how to carry out non-partisan voter registration, voter education, and get-out-the-vote…
Members and allies of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness (NMCEH), an NLIHC State Partner, rallied at the state capitol in Santa Fe on January 27 for NMCEH’s annual Lobby Day. More than 90…
Online real estate company Zillow forecasts that annual appreciation in rental prices will slow down nationally from 3.3 percent in 2015 to 1.1 percent by December 2016. The median monthly rental…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness will hold its annual National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness on February 18-19, 2016, in Oakland, California.
Community leaders,…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) takes place Feb. 22-26 in Atlanta, GA. The NTI will offer over 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing, housing…
AARP, AARP Foundation, Home Matters® and Wells Fargo Housing Foundation are accepting submissions for a new nationwide design challenge entitled “Re-defining Home: Home Today, Home Tomorrow.” The…
The National Leased Housing Association (NLHA) Education Fund is accepting applications for several post-secondary school scholarships available to residents of federally assisted rental housing.…
