Washington, D.C. – Today, as the Supreme Court issued its decision in the matter of Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs v. The Inclusive Communities Project, we are reminded…
Washington, D.C. – The State of the Nation’s Housing 2015 report, released today, continues to show that the lowest income households in America struggle to finds homes they can afford. The…
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) marked up its FY16 spending bill on June 23. While not all of…
Lela Schwartz joins NLIHC as a summer Field Intern. She is a senior studying International Relations, with minors in Human Rights and Community and Regional Development at the University of…
The Urban Institute released an updated map showing the gap between the need for and availability of housing affordable to extremely low income (ELI) renters. Using 2013 data from the American…
Nebraska’s legislature adjourned on May 29, passing two bills that will help to address the lack of affordable workforce, senior, and special needs housing. Legislative Bill 356 establishes the “…
On June 15, HUD published a greatly revised Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Notice. The revision, PIH 2012-32 REV-2, incorporates changes authorized by the FY15 Appropriations Act, including…
On June 12, Representative Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) introduced resolution H. Res. 314, which would express the sense of the House of Representatives that the Community Development Block Grant (…
On June 16, Maria Foscarinis of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty testified on Title V of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 during a hearing held by the…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies approved its FY16 spending bill by voice vote on June 18. The bill would…
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) is scheduled to mark up its FY16 spending bill on Tuesday, June 23. Consideration…
Department of the Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew was questioned about the future of housing finance reform, as well as the federal government’s sweep of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s profits into the…
