Section 538 Rural Housing Program Introduces Priority Scoring Criteria for LITHC Properties Waiving Right to Qualified Contracts
The Federal Register posted a notice on December 19 that establishes new Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing program (Section 538) priority scoring criteria for Low Income Housing Tax Credit…
White House Council of Economic Advisors Releases Analysis of Costs of Pricing Algorithms in Rental Housing
The White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) released a report on December 17 detailing the impact of rental housing price algorithms on the cost of rent. The report shows that such algorithms…
Celebrate NLIHC’s 2025 Leadership Awards Honorees: Senator Tina Smith, Susan Thomas, Mac McCreight, and Rob Robinson!
Join NLIHC in honoring our 2025 Housing Leadership Awards recipients: Senator Tina Smith (D-MN), Susan Thomas, Mac McCreight, and Rob Robinson. The NLIHC Housing Leadership Awards celebrate…
Congress Passes Funding Deal and Disaster Aid Package to Prevent Government Shutdown
Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed into law on December 21 a bill to temporarily extend funding for the federal government and provide much needed assistance to communities and…
HUD Publishes Final 30-Day Eviction Notice Rule
HUD published a final rule, “30-Day Notification Requirements Prior to Termination of Lease for Nonpayment of Rent,” in the Federal Register on December 13. The rule requires tenants to receive a…
Senator Smith (D-MN) Introduces “Mapping Housing Discrimination Act”
Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the “Mapping Housing Discrimination Act” (S.5534) in the U.S. Senate last week. The bill would support efforts to map and digitize data on racially restrictive…
Representatives Waters and Blunt Rochester Introduce Transparency Improvement and Renter Empowerment Legislation
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), the ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services, joined Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) in introducing the “…
NLIHC Accepting Nominations for 2025 Organizing Awards
NLIHC is accepting nominations for the 2025 Annual Organizing Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement during 2024 in statewide, regional, citywide, neighborhood, or resident organizing that…
Nominate an NLIHC Board Member Today!
NLIHC members and partners are encouraged to submit nominations (or self-nominate!) to fill upcoming vacancies on the NLIHC Board of Directors. Nominees for board membership must be current dues-…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of December 8
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of December 8:“Public housing didn’t fail in the US. But it was sabotaged” Vox, December 8, at: https://…
NLIHC Seeks Development Coordinator
NLIHC seeks a development coordinator who will have prime responsibility for a portfolio of development/fundraising activities for the Coalition. The activities, along with those of another…