On the morning of October 1, federal employees were required to show up for work to implement steps to close down federal activities. HUD’s shutdown contingency plan left fewer than 400 employees “…
HUD has released the final FY14 Fair Market Rents (FMRs), following a period of public comments on the proposed FY14 FMRs (see Memo, 8/9). FMRs are used as the basis for determining payment standards…
HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research released new 2012 tenant-level Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data. The data are drawn from a 5% sample of all households receiving assistance…
The Louisiana Housing Alliance (LHA), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, held its Fifth Annual Listening Tour in August. More than 200 people registered for the events, which covered nine regions…
Welcome to these new members who joined in September 2013:Diane Eaton, Columbia, MDBetty Jackson, Canton, OHJohn Malone, Honolulu, HIRuthella White, Gresham, OR
We have updated our Policy Fact Sheets for key issues for October. The Policy Fact Sheets provide broad overviews of issues related to key housing topics like appropriations, public housing, project-…
Today, the U.S. government shut down for the first time in 17 years as a result of Congress failing to agree on FY14 spending levels. This failure to act by Congress marks another missed opportunity…
Today, the first United for Homes road trip kicks off in the state of Michigan. National Low Income Housing Coalition President Sheila Crowley and Outreach Associate Joe Lindstrom will travel…
NLIHC President Sheila Crowley and Outreach Associate Joe Lindstrom will travel through the state of Michigan from October 1 to October 4 for a series of eight events to highlight the United For…
One day prior to the start of FY14, Congress has not passed appropriations bills for any department and is not close to reaching agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) to continue to fund the…
While the CR drama dominated budget issues last week, advocates continued to press for strong HUD funding in a final FY14 budget. NLIHC joined national, state, and local members of the Preservation…
