Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act of 2013 on June 27. The bill would amend the Fair Housing Act by adding source of income, sexual orientation,…
On June 20, HUD’s long-awaited proposed regulations to strengthen jurisdictions’ obligation to affirmatively further fair housing choice (AFFH), cleared review by the Office of Information and…
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) issued a “Letter of Findings of Noncompliance” regarding the voucher residency preference policies of Dubuque, IA. This letter follows a…
The Louisiana Housing Alliance (LHA), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, is celebrating its latest victory for residents and tenants of affordable housing, this time coming from the state legislature…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University’s 2013 State of the Nation’s Housing, released on June 26, reports that although the housing market appears to be recovering from the…
The 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book, released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation on June 24, reveals that while the overall well-being of the nation’s children has improved slightly in the past year, the…
CONTACT: Sarah Brundage, [email protected], 202.662.1530 x246The State of the Nation’s Housing 2013 report, released today, reconfirms that low income renters continue to struggle to afford housing and…
CONTACT: Sarah Brundage, [email protected], 202.662.1530 x246Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) approved by voice vote a $44.1 billion…
The Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute and Brookings Institution released a new report on June 5 that examines how some tax reform proposals would affect the price of housing in some…
The Center for American Progress (CAP) and the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) released the report “Making the Mortgage Market Work for America’s Families,” on June 5. The report offers a…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Statements on Administration Policy (SAP) on the House Department of Homeland Security Appropriations bill and on the Military Construction and…
