The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricane Florence from the past week. NLIHC also posts this information at On the Home Front.
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NLIHC’s updated…
Agencies in both the U.S. Virgin Islands and Texas opened the period for public comment on proposed amendments to their State Action Plans for distributing Community Development Block Grant-Disaster…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s role as conservator and regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs)” on…
The Steering Committee of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign sent a letter on September 20 urging Congress to include in its final Transportation, Housing and…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable housing campaign hosted its first Opportunity Roundtable meeting on September 18. Representatives from 70 organizations from many different…
The House and Senate continue to negotiate a final deal on a four-bill spending package (“minibus”) that includes the FY19 Transportation-HUD (THUD) and Agriculture spending bills. However, lawmakers…
NLIHC published Getting Started: First Homes Being Built with 2016 National Housing Trust Fund Awards on Wednesday, September 12. This interim report profiles how 42 states, so far, have awarded…
This is the third week of NLIHC membership month; the theme is Members Open the Door to Quality Data, Tools, and Reports.
Members are a critical part of NLIHC’s research and communications work.…
House Republicans introduced on September 10 three bills as part of a Tax Reform 2.0 package. The bills do not contain provisions that affect the Low Income Housing Tax Credit or other affordable…
According to a study released online on September 3, children who were in the womb when their mothers experienced homelessness are significantly more likely to have been hospitalized since birth…
Our Homes, Our Votes conducted a series of six webinars to provide clear information to assist organizations and leaders hoping to engage low income renters in the upcoming 2018 elections.…
The U.S. Census Bureau released two annual reports on income and poverty on September 12. Income and Poverty in the United State: 2017 shows that median household income was $61,400, a 1.8% increase…
