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 16, HUD published a revised Assessment Tool to be used to complete an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) as required by HUD’s new affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) rule. HUD also…
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…
Source: Urban Institute (July 2015). Headship and Homeownership: What does the Future Hold?
Washington D.C.: Author. Retrieved from: http://www.urban.org/research/publication/headship-and-…
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,…
HUD released an analysis on July 7 that shows funding levels each participating jurisdiction will receive from the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program under the Senate Committee on…
On July 8, HUD released the long-awaited final rule implementing the Fair Housing Act of 1968’s obligation for jurisdictions receiving federal funds for housing and urban development to affirmatively…
