On July 14, House Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators urging them “to omit harmful language currently included in the Senate…
On July 14, the House passed four housing bills under “suspension of the rules,” a designation reserved for noncontroversial bills that can speed passage.
The Homes for Heroes Act of 2015 (H.R. 251…
On July 10, NLIHC joined 160 national organizations signing letters to the House and the Senate that urge lawmakers to make permanent key provisions of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the…
On July 13, HUD issued Notice H 2015-06, which provides guidance on how the Equal Access Rule applies to HUD Multifamily insured and assisted housing. The Equal Access Rule, published on February 3,…
Oregon advocates are celebrating an unprecedented $60 million for housing programs in the budget passed by the State Legislative Assembly on June 6. The Oregon Housing Alliance (the Housing Alliance…
An Urban Institute report titled Headship and Homeownership: What Does the Future Hold? estimates that the number of new renters will outpace new homeowners in the coming decades. The report expects…
The Minnesota Housing Partnership’s (MHP) 2x4 report is a semi-annual publication that tracks two trends in each of four housing areas: the rental market, the homeownership market, homelessness, and…
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness recently published a fact sheet that provides an overview of the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF). It explains how states can use their NHTF…
On July 8, the Senate Committee on Finance released reports prepared by its five bipartisan working groups that were tasked with examining particular elements of the federal tax code. The reports,…
The fourth video in NLIHC’s five-part series, Getting to Know the National Housing Trust Fund Law and Regulations, is all about the dollars and how they can be used. The National Housing Trust Fund (…
On July 9, White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan sent a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair Thad Cochran (R-MS) regarding the Committee’s FY16…
In June, the House of Representatives approved FY16 spending bills for HUD and the Department of Justice with amendments that would prohibit the federal government from using its fair housing rules…
