Last week, HUD published the long-awaited Federal Register notice that provides direction to Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands pertaining to their allocations of the $7.4 billion…

Prior to the passage of a disaster relief package on February 9, more than 340 national, state, and local members of the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) issued a letter to…

Congress passed on February 9 a disaster relief package signed into law by President Trump as part of a larger budget bill that lifted the Budget Control Act spending caps on defense and domestic…

The tax exemption for private activity bonds (PAB) survived the House and Senate Tax Reform bills.  The legislation preserves the 9% and 4% Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit)—…

Congress  The conference committee created to resolve differences between the House and Senate bills met today. The DHRC sent a letter to the conference committee and all other congressional…

CONGRESS Calls are needed in advance of Wednesday’s Conference Committee on tax reform legislation.  The NLIHC delivered a letter to members of the conference committee.  It raises…

General Updates Letters to Governors. As you know, Governors from impacted states will play a critical role in shaping the next disaster supplemental, which will likely be tied to a final…

ADVOCACY ALERT Advocates’ Sign-On Letter to HUD. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law have opened a sign-on letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson about the urgent need to enter into a…