Pittsburgh to Host Next NeighborWorks Training Institute, December 3-7
Pittsburgh is home to the next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI), December 3-7. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings lasting from one to five days each. In addition, the NTI will offer…
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…
Factsheet: Raising Rents and Impose Work Requirements Would Increase Homelessness
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) published a factsheet on two separate proposals from the Trump administration and Representative Dennis Ross (R-FL), both of which would raise rents…
From the Field: Austin City Council Introduces $250 Million Housing Ballot Referendum
Voters in Austin, TX, will have the opportunity to approve a ballot referendum that would dedicate $250 million toward affordable housing. Proposed as part of a larger local bond measure, “…
DHRC Requests Clarity from FEMA about its Failure to Notify Hurricane Maria Survivors
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Brock Long on October 19 raising questions about statements made by the FEMA regarding its plans, policies…
Existing Source-of-Income Non-Discrimination Laws Protect Only One in Three of Housing Voucher Holders
A report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Prohibiting Discrimination Against Renters Using Housing Vouchers Improves Results, finds that only one out of three housing voucher…
Report Finds Rapid Re-housing Is an Effective Low-Cost Intervention to Homelessness
In the report titled Rapid Re-housing’s Role in Responding to Homelessness, the Urban Institute reviews literature on the effectiveness of rapid re-housing. A short-term, crisis-response program,…
NLIHC and PAHRC Issue New Report on ‘Year 30’ and on Balancing Preservation and Mobility in the Tax Credit Program
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released a new report on October 17 titled Balancing Priorities: Preservation and Neighborhood Opportunity in the Low Income…
House Democrats Seek to Block ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) and 49 Democratic colleagues in the House introduced the “No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018” (H. R. 7052) on October 9. The bill, which was…
HUD Posts Moving to Work PHA Plan Supplement and Notice Inviting Small PHAs to Apply for First MTW Cohort
HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program office published two documents the week of October 15, a special MTW PHA Plan Supplement and Notice PIH-2018-17 inviting small PHAs to apply for MTW…