Representative Waters Introduces Bill to End Homelessness, Funds NHTF at $1.05 Billion Annually
On March 23, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced legislation to provide significant resources to end homelessness in the United States. The…
Sequester Hits NHTF, NLIHC Update State Allocation
NLIHC has learned that an unfortunate provision in the Budget Control Act of 2011, the law that created the sequester, will take a 6.9% cut out of the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) and the…
Witnesses at Congressional Hearing Support LIHTC Income Averaging, MID Reform
On March 22, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing to examine whether government regulations impact the cost of producing affordable housing. Some hearing…
Transportation Costs Make Section 8 Properties Unaffordable in Many Areas
An article published by Housing Policy Debate titled “How Affordable is HUD Affordable Housing?” examines transportation costs for residents living in Section 8 multifamily properties. The study’s…
Fact of the Week: Rental Units and Renters in the US, Matched by Affordability and Income Categories, 2014
Source: NLIHC Tabulations of 2014 ACS PUMS Data.
House Budget Committee Passes FY17 Resolution, Further Action Questionable
At the end of a nine-hour mark-up on March 16, the House Budget Committee passed an FY17 budget resolution by a vote of 20-16. All 14 Democrats and two Republican members of the ultra-conservative…
Representative Waters Urges Increased Funding for Federal Housing Programs in FY17
On March 18, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Water (D-CA) sent four separate letters to House appropriators urging them to provide increased funding in FY17 for federal…
HUD Inspector General Testifies before House Appropriations Panel, Critical of MTW
On March 15, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the budget requests for Offices of Inspector General (OIG)…
USDA’s Rural Development Programs Scrutinized during Budget Hearing
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a budget hearing on USDA’s Rural Development (RD) programs on March 15…
Senators Collins and Reed Introduce Legislation to Update HOPWA Funding Formula
On March 10, Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced a bill (S…
Housing Advocates Urge Senate Passage of Broad Housing Reform Bill
On March 16, NLIHC joined more than 30 national organizations in sending a letter to Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chair Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (…