The National Low Income Housing Coalition in Washington, D.C. seeks a well-qualified and talented communications associate. Reporting to the communications director, the communications associate will…
The 2013 Advocates’ Guide to Housing and Community Development Policy, the latest edition of this National Low Income Housing Coalition classic, is now available for purchase. It is a compendium of…
Two new co-sponsors have been added to the Common Sense Housing Investment Act (H.R. 1213). Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) was added on April 24 and Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI) was added on…
Public comments submitted to the eleven tax reform working groups of the House Committee on Ways and Means have been posted. They include over forty submissions to the Real Estate Working Group.…
A new report commissioned by the Pew Charitable Trusts uses 2010 IRS data to analyze how the mortgage interest deduction (MID) is distributed across the states. The report also examines MID data by…
On May 3, 2,422 national, state, local, and regional organizations, as well as local officials and governments, sent a letter to House and Senate appropriators that calls for an increase to the FY14…
On April 26, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) sent letters to public housing agency (PHA) executive directors, providing interim guidance regarding cost savings measures they must take…
President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) to serve as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on May 1. NLIHC fully supports the nomination of Mr. Watt, who was an early…
Three new bills have been introduced to address the housing needs of veterans: the Shelter Our Service Members Act (H.R. 1714), the Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2013 (H.R. 1742), and the…
On April 30, HUD released revised FY13 Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in six geographies. The new FMRs, published in the Federal Register, supersede the values published on October 1, 2012 and are…
On April 30, HUD and the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a joint statement providing guidance for developers and builders on their obligations under the Fair Housing Act’s requirement that…
To better ensure that eligible residents of HUD-assisted multifamily properties receive tenant protection vouchers, advocates are urged to take action well before a June 14 deadline. At least $4…
