A new study published in the Journal of Developmental Psychology looks at the relationship between housing characteristics and the well-being of low income children. The results reveal that housing…
The Center for American Progress released its newest edition of Half in Ten, examining 21 economic security and opportunity indicators. The report tracks the nation’s progress towards the goal of…
The National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and the National Network for Youth are sponsoring the…
Welcome to these new members who joined in October 2013:Joseph Clark, Birmingham, ALZebulun Farrell, Apex, NCSara Kimberlin, San Francisco, CAChristina King, Columbus, OHLifeSTEPS, Inc., Fair Oaks,…
Senate Republicans have blocked the vote on President Barack Obama’s nomination of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency. On October 31, the Senate voted 56 to…
Sheila Crowley, the President and CEO of NLIHC, will testify before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Thursday, November 7 at the committee’s seventh hearing on federal…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held its fourth and fifth hearings on housing finance reform during the week of October 28. The first, “Essentials of a Functioning Housing…
On October 30, the Budget Conference Committee held its first meeting to begin negotiations on the federal spending amount for FY14, which began on October 1, 2013. The committee has until December…
On October 29, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs approved by voice vote President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Katherine O’Regan to be HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Policy…
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “The Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Implications of a $1.7 Billion Taxpayer Bailout” on October 29 with FHA Commissioner Carol…
The House of Representatives approved by voice vote the Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act, H.R. 1742, on October 24. The measure, introduced by Representative Joseph Heck (R-NV), was brought…
