The House passed the Senate version of the FY18 budget resolution by a close vote of 216-212 on October 26, allowing Republicans to move their tax plan. A group of Republican representatives from…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a new report that found that the Senate and House FY18 funding bills for HUD would cut the number of Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) next year…
The Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) United coalition released “Faces of Austerity 2.0: How Budget Cuts Continue to Make Us Sicker, Poorer, and Less Secure.” The report examines how Congressional cuts…
President Donald Trump nominated Leonard Wolfson to be HUD assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental relations, sending the nomination to the Senate on October 25. Mr. Wolfson has…
HUD, which co-chairs the Lead Subcommittee of the President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children (Task Force), is requesting public input regarding an update to a…
The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee held a hearing on October 25 that focused on private sector perspectives on housing finance reform. The witnesses spoke about the need…
The House Financial Services Housing and Insurance Subcommittee will hold a hearing, “Sustainable Housing Finance: Private Sector Perspectives on Housing Finance Reform, Part II” on November 2 at 2…
Five civil rights organizations representing three plaintiffs sued HUD because it suspended for two years implementation of the Small Area Fair Market Rent rule (see Memo, 8/21/17). As the…
An analysis conducted by Jae Sik Jeon featured in Shelterforce shows that the implementation of Small Area Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area would increase the supply…
Amidst growing concerns about housing affordability and residential displacement, Newark NJ Mayor Ras Baraka signed two key affordable housing ordinances into law on October 12th. Ironbound Community…
The NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) comes to Washington, DC the week of December 11-15. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing; housing…
