The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs approved the nomination of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) for the position of Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on July…
The full Senate is expected to begin its FY14 appropriations work the week of July 22 and bring the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill, S. 1243, to the…
On July 3, HUD released its Picture of Subsidized Housing data for 2009 through 2012. This comprehensive database allows users to sort and query HUD subsidized housing data by subsidy program, by…
On July 9, the National Low Income Housing Coalition, along with three individual plaintiffs and the Right to the City Alliance, filed a lawsuit against the Acting Director of the Federal Housing…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs is scheduled to vote on the nomination of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) for the position of Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director…
NLIHC and the United for Homes campaign continue to urge Senators to include the United for Homes proposal to fund the National Housing Trust Fund through a modification of the mortgage interest…
House Committee on Financial Services Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) unveiled a package to dismantle the current housing finance system, the “Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act,” on…
In August, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Housing Commission will host three regional forums. The forums will cover a breadth of topics, including the state of the housing market, affordable rental…
NLIHC’s Policy Fact Sheets on key issues have been updated for July. Find all of NLIHC’s fact sheets at: www.nlihc.org/involvement/advocacy/factsheets.
Following months of intense budget negotiations, Washington State legislators passed a biennial state budget on June 29, avoiding a government shutdown. The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, an…
A new interactive mapping tool released by the Urban Institute graphically demonstrates that poverty in U.S. urban areas looks dramatically different than it did thirty years ago. The tool combines U…
