Where to Find Us – July 24
Henry George School of Social Science Annual Conference – Virtual, July 24 (Lindsay Duvall) YIMBY Action Federal Affordable Housing Webinar – Virtual, July 27 (Diane Yentel) Ayuda Legal Puerto…
Advocates Submit More Than 1,300 Comments to FHFA on Federal Renter Protections – Submit Yours and Join NLIHC’s Support Letter!
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has received more than 1,300 comments in response to its Request for Input (RFI) regarding the creation of tenant protections at multifamily properties with…
Join Today’s (July 17) National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Homes!
Join today’s (July 17) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. We will be joined by Special Assistant to the President for Housing and Urban Policy Chad Maisel, who will discuss “All…
House THUD Subcommittee Votes to Advance FY24 Spending Bill Proposing Deep Cuts to Some HUD Programs but Sparing Most Rental Assistance
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) unveiled its draft spending proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2024 on…
Representatives Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand and Improve Housing Choice Voucher Program
Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR) reintroduced the “Choice in Affordable Housing Act” (H.R.4606) in the U.S. House of Representatives on July 13. The bipartisan…
Senator Brown Introduces Bill to Curb Predatory Investments in Single-Family Housing
Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Sherrod Brown (D-OH) led the introduction of the “Stop Predatory Investing Act” on July 11. Co-sponsors for the bill include…
Rains Pummel Vermont, Leading to Widescale Flooding
A slow-moving, two-day storm system dropped a significant amount of rain on portions of the Northeast early last week, causing the worst flooding in the region since Hurricane Irene in 2011. Though…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – July 17, 2023
Representative Al Green (D-TX) attempted to insert an amendment passing the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition-supported “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act” into the fiscal year (FY) 2024 “National…
HUD Publishes Final NSPIRE Scoring Notice
HUD published a final physical inspection Scoring notice in the Federal Register on July 7, one of three documents supplementing the final rule implementing the new National Standards for Physical…
HUD PIH Creates Small Area FMR Website Featuring SAFMR Dashboard
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) has created a Small Area Fair Market Rent (SAFMR or Small Area FMR) website. The highlight of the new Small Area FMR website is an SAFMR dashboard…
National Conference on Housing Mobility to Feature Raj Chetty as Keynote Speaker
The ninth National Housing Mobility Conference will take place on September 20 in Washington, D.C., and feature Harvard University economist and author Raj Chetty as keynote speaker. More information…