HUD recently released the Research Roadmap, a five-year plan (FY14-FY18) for research. The plan is the result of a comprehensive process that began in October of 2011, and involved extensive outreach…
Indiana advocates are celebrating the defeat of proposed changes to the comprehensive policy governing the state’s Neighborhood Assistance Program Tax Credit (NAP). Proposed by the Indiana Housing…
In a speech on August 6, President Barack Obama discussed the Administration’s housing finance reform priorities. He proposed that the government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie…
On August 6, House Committee on Appropriations Ranking Member Nita Lowey (D-NY), issued a report entitled Impacts of Sequester: Irresponsible Republican Budget Is a Disaster for Job Creation,…
Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) introduced H.R. 2955, the Runaway and Homeless Youth Inclusion Act of 2013, on August 1. Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) is an original cosponsor. The measure would…
A new report from the Government Accountability Office reviews five HUD programs that encourage resident self-sufficiency and finds that data are lacking to assess the success of these programs.…
As previously reported, HUD published final HOME program regulation changes on July 24 (see Memo, 7/26) and NLIHC has prepared an outline of the key changes. In addition, NLIHC would like to…
FY14 Proposed Fair Market Rents (FMRs) are now available for comment, as announced in an August 5 Federal Register notice. FMRs are used as the basis for determining payment standards in the Housing…
On August 6, HUD published a notice describing how the changes to the Violence Against Women program resulting from the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) affects HUD…
On August 9, HUD’s Office of Public Affairs sent an email to stakeholders asking for input regarding its draft Strategic Plan 2014-2018. The deadline for input is August 16.An outline of the draft…
The Rhode Island Coalition for the Homeless (RICH), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, has succeeded in securing $750,000 for rental assistance in the 2013 state budget, a significant first step…
