The upcoming year will be crucial to determining the future of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), the first new federal resource in a generation dedicated to building and preserving homes for the…
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on September 30 signed a fair housing bill (AB 686), sponsored by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D) of Los Angeles that will require California cities and…
NLIHC urges advocates to submit comments in response to HUD’s intent to “streamline” the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. NLIHC encourages advocates to tell HUD to not change the…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) has prepared a fact sheet describing changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would add public housing, housing vouchers, and…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted the “public charge” notice of proposed rulemaking in the Special Filings section of the October 5 Federal Register Public Inspection page.…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia: Reinventing Our Communities:…
NLIHC welcomes Anissa Balderas as our new field intern for the fall semester. Anissa is a senior at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), pursuing a bachelor degree in criminology, law and…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 23.
“Elizabeth Warren has a plan to help end the housing crisis,” Fast Company, September 28 at:…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will take place in Pittsburgh, December 3-7. In addition to professional courses lasting from one-to-five days each, the NTI will offer a one-day…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) will host a series of webinars in collaboration with the Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) and the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency…
Pennsylvania Senator Tom Killion (R) introduced a State Housing Tax Credit bill, SB 1185, on September 19. This legislation creates a new Pennsylvania tax credit largely modeled after the federal Low…
The California legislature recently closed its 2018 session, and Governor Jerry Brown (D) signed on September 30 a final stack of bills as his term draws to a close. The legislature passed a number…
