Fact of The Week: Why Renters Move
Source: Federal Reserve Board. (2017). Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2016. Washington, DC: Author.
Point of View: Trump’s Massive Cuts to Housing Must be Stopped
By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO President Trump is expected to release his full FY2018 budget proposal tomorrow. We got a detailed preview through a leaked document on Friday, May 19. If…
Representatives Voice Concern over Plan to Eliminate USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Position
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue faced tough questions from representatives on the House Agriculture Committee about the administration’s proposal to eliminate the…
Black and Whites In Assisted Housing Depend Equally on Different Types of Housing, but Black Households Live in Lower Quality Areas
A study by Sandra J. Newman and Scott Holupka, “Race and Assisted Housing,” published in Housing Policy Debate explores racial disparities between black and white families with children living in…
Fact of The Week: Rents Outpace Wages and Income, 2007-2015
Source: 1-yr American Community Survey, Economic Policy Institute (2016), dollars adjusted for inflation.
USDA Announces Plans to Eliminate Position of Under Secretary for Rural Development
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on May 11 plans to reorganize the agency to establish an Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. The plan also details other…
Paper Reviews Recidivism Research to Help Housing Providers with Admissions Policies
A paper published in Housing Policy Debate by Rebecca J. Walter, Jill Viglione and Marie Skubak Tillyer, One Strike to Second Chances: Using Criminal Backgrounds in Admission Decisions for Assisted…
Fact of The Week: Most HUD Programs Experienced Major Funding Reductions from FY10 to FY17
Note: Adjusted for inflation. Source: NLIHC
Fact of The Week: Lowest Income Households Most Likely to Live in Physically Inadequate Housing
Source: 2015 American Housing Survey
Minimum Wage Increases Would Improve Housing Affordability and Increase Tax Revenue
A report by the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement and the Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase on…
HUD Releases New LIHTC Tenant Data
HUD released Understanding Whom the LIHTC Program Serves: Data on Tenants in LIHTC Units as of December 31, 2014. The report provides information on the income, race, disability status, and family…