Fact of the Week: Large Share of TX Renters Requesting FEMA Assistance Come from Higher Poverty Areas
Source: FEMA Housing Assistance Data (10/23/2017); 2011-2015 American Community Survey.
Rental Options Are Limited for Voucher Holders in the Largest Counties
An article by Alexander Casey at Zillow, Here’s Where Housing Assistance Falls Short, examines the supply of rental housing available to Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) recipients. Mr. Casey’s research…
HUD Study Examines Cost Burdens among Housing Choice Voucher Recipients
A report prepared for HUD, Rent Burden in the Housing Choice Voucher Program, found that 46% of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) holders in 2015 were cost-burdened, spending more than 30% of their income…
Fact of the Week: Whites Receive Disproportionate Share of Mortgage Deduction Benefit
Source: IASP & NLIHC. (2017). Misdirected Investments: How the Mortgage Interest Deduction Drives Inequality and the Racial Wealth Gap. Washington, DC: NLIHC. Available at: http://bit.ly/2gIy7LZ
National Rental Housing Landscape Report Finds Poor Households Continue to be Severely Cost-Burdened
New York University’s Furman Center released their annual National Rental Housing Landscape report on October 5. The report looks at rental market data from 2006 to 2015 for the 53 largest…
Fact of the Week: High Income Households Benefit the Most from Two Largest Forms of Federal Housing Assistance
Source: Apartment List. (2017). Imbalance in Housing Aid: Mortgage Interest Deduction vs. Section 8. San Francisco, CA: Author.
House Panel Holds Hearing on Housing Finance Reform
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on October 3 on sustainable housing finance. During the hearing, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Melvin Watt updated the committee…
Fact of the Week: Republicans’ Proposed Tax Cuts Go Mostly to Those with Highest Incomes
Source: Tax Policy Center (2017). A Preliminary Analysis of the United Framework. Washington, DC: Author.
Point of View: Time to Act for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Texas and Florida
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEO This weekend, President Donald Trump tweeted from a private golf course to attack the integrity and hard work of a Latina mayor whose city is facing a…
House Committee to Hold Hearing on Sustainable Housing Finance
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on sustainable housing finance. During the hearing, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Melvin Watt will update the committee on the…
Workers in Many Healthcare Occupations Cannot Afford Housing
The National Housing Conference released its 2017 edition of Paycheck to Paycheck on September 27. This year’s report examines housing affordability for healthcare workers in 203 metropolitan areas.…