The full Senate is expected to vote this week to confirm Dr. Ben Carson to serve as HUD secretary. In his confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee and in written responses…
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced the “Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act of 2017” (H.R. 1146), designed to help provide legal and supportive services to lower income…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) offers a 3-minute video providing a simple explanation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's "duty to serve" underserved markets. FHFA oversees Fannie Mae and…
HUD held and repeated a webinar (see Memo 11/7/16 and 1/9) to educate stakeholders about the requirements of the Equal Access Rule (see Memo, 2/3/12) and the Gender Identity Rule (see Memo, 10/3/16…
A report by the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), The Education Boost: Lifting Families Out of Poverty, finds that every additional year of education for rent-assisted…
The Guardian news outlet and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have teamed up to launch a year-long series, “Outside in America,” focusing on people on the frontline of the devastating…
The National Leased Housing Association (NLHA) announced it is seeking applications for a scholarship program for residents of federally assisted rental housing. The NLHA Education Fund was created…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of February 19:
“Is it Time to “Repeal and Replace” the Mortgage Interest Deduction?,” Philadelphia Magazine,…
For years the mortgage interest deduction (MID) was considered an untouchable third rail program. Powerful opponents with deep pockets created a sturdy mythology around the program’s importance: it…
Funding for affordable housing, community development, and transportation programs is threatened. Contact Congress today and tell them to protect the federal spending needed to ensure families and…
NLIHC will hold a webinar on the 2017 edition of its report The GAP: A Shortage of Affordable Homes on March 2. The report measures the availability of rental housing affordable to extremely low…
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) reintroduced on February 8 the “Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2017,” (H.R. 948) to end homelessness and housing poverty through tax reform. The bill calls…
