HUD proposed revising existing regulations governing a public housing
agency’s (PHA) physical needs assessment (PNA) on July 20. A PNA
identifies all of the work that a PHA needs to undertake over…
Deficit negotiations between President Barack Obama, Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)
continued through Sunday, July 10. As of July 10, no…
Tenant Talk, NLIHC’s quarterly newsletter for residents of
public housing, assisted tenants, and low income renters and their
allies, is now available. The Spring 2011 issue of Tenant Talk…
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing, “Oversight
of HUD’s HOME Program,” on June 3 in response to a series of articles in
the Washington Post that criticized a number of HOME…
Congress has been considering various versions of a Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA) for several years. SEVRA was developed in response to HUD’s mismanagement of voucher renewal funding in 2004,…
The materials in this section are archived. They relate to the proposed NHTF regulations. The materials are now obsolete. See materials about the interim regulations for information…
Budget ProcessThe federal fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30 and planning for the upcoming fiscal year begins as early as a year and a half prior to the fiscal year. …
The role of government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) in the
development of affordable housing was highlighted at a hearing of the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, “Public…
The House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing,
“Oversight of HUD’s HOME Program,” on June 3. The hearing will take
place at 9:30am ET in room 2128 of the Rayburn House office…
On June 1 at 2 pm, the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, an
initiative of The National Center on Family Homelessness, will present a
webinar on its federal policy priorities for FY11 and FY12.…
On May 4, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on budget
enforcement mechanisms. Panelists debated the use of budget triggers
that would require spending cuts if budget targets were not met…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition released its annual Out of Reach report on May 2.
Out of Reach 2011 shows that the gap between what is
typically earned by renter households and the income…
