HUD released the 2012 Point-in-Time Estimates: Part 1 of the 2013 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress on November 21. These annual data come from a one-night count of sheltered and…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has scheduled three more hearings related to housing finance reform for the week of November 18. These will be the eighth, ninth, and tenth…
NLIHC President and CEO Sheila Crowley sent a letter to the leaders of Budget Conference Committee on November 15, asking for support for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) in the forthcoming…
The United for Homes campaign proposes reducing the size of a mortgage eligible for a tax break from $1 million to $500,000, and converting the deduction to a 15% non-refundable credit. NLIHC has…
The bipartisan Committee on the Budget Conference continued work toward its goal of completing an FY14 funding agreement by December 13. The continuing resolution (CR) that is currently funding the…
NLIHC and the Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) United coalition each released reports this week on the impact of sequestration. Sequestration refers to the across-the-board budget cuts to federal…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a November 19 hearing on “Disparate Impact Theory.” Peter Kirsanow, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Benesch,…
Mount Holly, NJ Disparate Impact Litigation
On November 13, 50 neighborhood residents and Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. reached an agreement with Mount Holly Township, New Jersey,…
The Connecticut Housing Coalition (CHC), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, recently launched the Affordable Housing Academy, a four-month customized training course for owners and developers of…
HUD launched a new tool, the Location Affordability Portal, on November 12. Jointly developed by HUD and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the portal provides a comprehensive picture of…
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released a new guidebook for public housing agencies (PHAs) on November 14. The guidebook provides examples of best practices for PHAs…
