Agencies in both the U.S. Virgin Islands and Texas opened the period for public comment on proposed amendments to their State Action Plans for distributing Community Development Block Grant-Disaster…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s role as conservator and regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs)” on…
NLIHC members, partners and friends,
As Hurricane Florence approaches the Southeast, all of us at the National Low Income Housing Coalition are keeping everyone in the storm’s path in our thoughts,…
NLIHC Releases Getting Started: First Homes Being Built with Housing Trust Fund Awards
NLIHC released today a new report, Getting Started: First Homes Being Built with 2016 National Housing Trust…
Just hours ago, the Senate rejected the “The Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act” by a vote of 48-50. The bill would have cut $15 billion in previously approved funding, including…
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted June 7 to approve a draft FY19 spending bill that provides robust funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD. The strong Senate…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding levels for affordable housing and community development programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released on…
U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has just confirmed he will address the NLIHC 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement.
The Forum will take place March 19-21 in Washington DC. The deadline to…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced its decision to protect funding for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in 2018!
FHFA’s decision is an important step forward, but far more…
Budget Deal
Senate leaders announced on Wednesday, February 7 that they reached a bipartisan agreement to lift the federal spending caps on defense and domestic priorities by a total of $300 billion…
Tax Reform Signed Into Law
This afternoon, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was approved by Republicans in Congress earlier this week. The tax bill fails to…
After some last-minute negotiations, House Republicans today released the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to make sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code. The plan takes a historic step in directly revising the…
