The National Housing Trust Fund and reform of the mortgage interest deduction (MID) were topics of discussion at two hearings on housing held in the U.S. House of Representatives last week (see…
The federal budget process was the official focus of an October 21 Senate Budget Committee hearing, but debate on federal budget priorities and spending caps were center stage. While Senate Budget…
On October 21, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Rural Development (RD) issues. Housing…
Materials from the October 19 webinar Spending Caps, Budget Negotiations, and the Impact on Housing and Community Development in Your Community are now available online. The webinar, hosted by the…
The new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation was the focus of a HUD webcast published on October 8. In this webcast, HUD Secretary Julián Castro introduces a cast of HUD officials…
HUD is updating its Research Roadmap (FY2014-2018), the agency’s five-year strategic research agenda. HUD is asking stakeholders to provide new ideas and feedback for its research agenda through an…
House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance Chair Blaine Luetkemeyer’s (R-MO) housing assistance reform bill received broad support during an October 21 hearing. H.R. 3700, the “…
On October 22 the House Committee on Financial Services held another in a series of hearings on the future of housing in America. Through these hearings, the Committee is examining the impact of…
On October 20, the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act (S. 2146) was blocked from advancing in the Senate. The bill, introduced by Senator David Vitter (R-LA), would strip federal…
The J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families hosted a Housing Summit in Manchester, NH on October 16, 2015. The event included speakers from all areas of housing, as well as…
Note: TANF benefits for a single-parent family of three as of July 2015.
Source: Floyd, Ife and Liz Schott. (2015). TANF Cash Benefits Have Fallen by More Than 20 Percent in Most States and…
A special Albuquerque Native American Homeless Task Force presented 14 recommendations to improve housing solutions for Native Americans to Albuquerque Mayor Richard Berry on August 18. According to…
