Representative Tom Cole Expected to Be Elected House Appropriations Committee Chair as Longtime Chairwoman Kay Granger Retires
Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), current chair of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD), is expected to…
HUD Caps Rent Increases for LIHTC-Financed Properties at 10%
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research announced in its annual income limits dataset a 10% limit to rent increases in rental properties financed with federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (…
HUD Announces Fifth Moving to Work Cohort PHAs
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) on March 29 named 14 small public housing agencies (PHAs) to participate in the fifth and final Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Expansion cohort,…
HUD Multifamily Office Reminds Owners of Income Recertification Obligations
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) sent an email on March 25 to owners and operators of private multifamily properties assisted through the Project-Based Rental Assistance (…
NLIHC Highlights 50 Years of Leadership at Awards Celebration
NLIHC hosted a Leadership Awards Celebration on March 20 to commemorate the Coalition’s 50-year anniversary and honor a selection of exceptional leaders in the movement for housing…
New Research Sheds Light on Impact of New Construction on Mobility of Low-Income Renters
A study recently published in the Journal of the American Planning Association, “Can New Housing Supply Mitigate Displacement and Exclusion?,” examines the impact of new market rate and subsidized…
Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 Webinar Series Launches on April 15!
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes campaign is a nonpartisan initiative to boost voter turnout among low-income renters and elevate housing as an election issue. To educate housing advocates, tenant…
New Report from SchoolHouse Connection Examines Infant and Toddler Homelessness in the U.S.
Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) roundtable member SchoolHouse Connection released a report last month examining infant and toddler homelessness in the U.S during 2021-2022. The data used in the…
USDA Rural Housing Service Announces Amendments Impacting Use of LIHTC Qualified Contract Loophole
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) Administrator Joaquin Altoro announced amendments to the Section 538 Guaranteed Rural Rental Housing Program (GRRHP) in a Multifamily…
NHLP and NCLC Release Advocacy Resource on IRA Home Energy Rebates
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) and National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) have released a new resource, “IRA Home Energy Rebates State Program Design Recommendations.” The resource, which is…
Treasury Releases Pilot Version of Free Tool to File Taxes Directly with IRS
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released the pilot version of a free tool called Direct File that allows households to file their yearly federal taxes directly with the Internal…