The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) issued a “Rural Research Note” about the recent and anticipated ongoing rise in the cost of the USDA Rural Housing Service’s Section 521 Rental Assistance program…
Statement by National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Sheila Crowley on the Confirmation of Mel Watt as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency
Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed…
The U.S. Senate could vote as early as December 10 to confirm Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) as the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the agency that regulates the government…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has scheduled a hearing, “Housing Finance Reform: Fundamentals of Transferring Credit Risk in a Future Housing Finance System,” for…
Budget Conference Committee Chairs Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI), who met during the week of December 2, are considering replacing between $30 to $80 billion of…
NLIHC is partnering with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the National Alliance to End Homelessness to co-host the congressional briefing, “Addressing Homelessness and Housing…
On November 14, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced S. 1715, the Civilian Property Realignment Act. Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO), Dean Heller (R-NV), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Mark…
NLIHC is a signatory to a letter from National Foreclosure Prevention and Neighborhood Stabilization Task Force in response to HUD’s proposed housing counseling rule (see Memo, 11/8). The letter was…
On November 22, HUD sent a 29-page “Letter of Findings” to Dallas, Texas stating that the city is not in compliance with three civil rights statutes: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title…
HUD released a new tool on November 15 that provides easier access to some of the commonly used Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data. This data query tool allows individuals to…
The Center for American Progress (CAP) released a paper authored by Tracey Ross titled, “No Place like Home: Addressing Poverty and Homelessness in the United States,” on December 5. Ross cites the…