Republican members of the House Budget Committee continued to discuss ways to move forward its FY17 budget resolution but did not appear closer to gaining enough support to pass one on the House…
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced the “Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2016” (H.R. 5085) that would take significant steps…
NLIHC joined 39 national organizations in sending a letter to the Senate urging passage of the “Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act” (H.R. 3700). The House passed H.R. 3700 unanimously on…
On April 28, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) and the Congressional Homelessness Caucus hosted a Hill briefing to highlight NAEH’s recently released The State of Homelessness in…
In an effort to reduce housing and employment barriers for justice-involved youth, HUD and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced $1.75 million in grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) that…
After both Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Secretary Hillary Clinton visited New York public housing and detailed the affordable housing policies they would pursue as President, advocates sent…
The Republican Study Committee (RSC), a group of conservatives in the House, submitted its recommendations to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility…
For those who might have missed NLIHC’s first two webinar offerings of the 2016 Voterization series, not to worry. Due to popular demand, both sessions will be presented again in early May. “…
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (2016). Chart Book: Cuts in Federal Assistance Have Exacerbated Families’ Struggle to Afford Housing. Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy…
A publication by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities titled Chart Book: Cuts in Federal Assistance Have Exacerbated Families’ Struggles to Afford Housing illustrates the budget cuts to federal…
Washington affordable housing advocates are encouraged by commitments to address youth homelessness in the supplemental capital and operating budgets passed by the state legislature before…
Harvard sociologist and MacArthur Genius Dr. Matthew Desmond discussed his critically acclaimed work, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, to an audience of housing advocates and others…
