Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019. Housing Wages based on HUD fair market rents. Employment projections from BLS Employment Projections Program. Occupational wages from May 2018 Occupational…
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved on September 12 the topline funding numbers, known as 302(b) allocations, for each of the twelve spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The…
The “Carbon Monoxide Alarms Leading Every Resident To Safety Act (CO ALERTS Act)” (H.R. 1690) introduced by Representative Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL) unanimously passed the House on September 10.…
Three Trump administration officials testified before the Senate Banking Committee on September 10 about the White House’s plan for housing finance reform. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, HUD…
Representative Madeline Dean (D-PA) reintroduced on September 12 a substantially improved version of the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act” (H.R. 4300) to expand the availability of Family…
News of the Trump administration’s potential plans to address California’s homeless crisis in a harmful and unjust manner made headlines last week, and yet the Democratic presidential debate…
Affordable homes are built with ballots every bit as much as they are built with bricks and drywall. To elevate affordable rental housing as a top priority for policymakers, it is critical to…
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 9/09…
