The Baltimore County Branch of the NAACP, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc., and three individuals filed a complaint with HUD on November 22, 2011 alleging that Baltimore County developed housing only in…
The 2020 presidential campaigns offer an opportunity unlike any housing advocates have seen before. The primary season is already in full swing with several Democrats, including many who are strong…
The House Appropriations Committee moved forward its FY20 spending bills for affordable housing, community development, and rural development programs on June 4. Both the Transportation, Housing and…
The third annual Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action proved to be another outstanding success with thousands of advocates like you lifting their voices for affordable homes.…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a vote on June 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET on two bills to block harmful HUD proposals that would limit access to housing assistance for immigrant families and…
On the final day of the Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced a House resolution calling for a “Housing Bill of Rights” to declare that…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced on June 4 the “Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act” to expand and reform the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit). The bill was…
After decades of chronic underinvestment by Congress, it is remarkable the degree to which presidential hopefuls continue using their platforms to elevate awareness about the housing crisis for the…
NLIHC has launched Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, a non-partisan project to urge presidential candidates to address the affordable housing crisis and its solutions and to engage more low-income…
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) have new resources, including a state-level data table and a recording of the June 5 webinar, available as part of the Keep Families Together…
The House of Representatives voted on June 3 to approve a disaster aid package for communities impacted by major disasters in 2017, 2018, and 2019 by a vote of 354-58. The bill has been signed by the…
