As reported in last week’s Memo, HUD held the first of five listening sessions to obtain input from the public and HUD stakeholders about a planned pilot program to test innovative approaches to…
The Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of Dr. Mark Calabria as the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) this week by a 13-12 party-line vote. Dr. Calabria must now…
Are you a state-level organization engaged in multi-sector partnerships to advocate for better affordable housing policies? If so, this is for you!
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector…
A bipartisan group of eight senators introduced a $13.6 billion disaster relief package (S. 572) on February 26. The bill includes $1.06 billion in Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing, “The Administration of Disaster Recovery Funds in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria,” on…
The following is a review of disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 2/25).
2018…
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a final rule on February 26 amending the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) compliance monitoring regulation. The regulation pertains to two provisions…
An article by Seungbeom Kang in Housing Policy Debate, “Why Low-Income Households Become Unstably Housed: Evidence From the Panel Study of Income Dynamics,” identified income and job insecurity, lack…
NLIHC is a co-host of the People & Places 2019 conference being held April 15–17 in Arlington, VA, minutes from Washington, DC. Eighteen national nonprofits have joined forces to present…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Tennessee Housing Conference, Nashville, TN, March 6 and 7
NCSHA…
Oregon is the first state to implement a statewide rent stabilization law. Governor Kate Brown (D) signed Senate Bill 608 (SB 608) on February 28, protecting Oregon renters from the frequent and…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is holding a webinar on March 5 at 2:00 p.m. ET to discuss the final FY19 HUD budget and what it means for low-income communities. The webinar will…
