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October 16, 2017

House Passes $36.5 Billion in Disaster Aid

The House approved on October 12, by a vote of 353-69, a supplemental spending bill that would provide $36.5 billion in funding for hurricane and wildfire relief and recovery. The bill mirrors the…

October 16, 2017

Sign Onto Letter Urging HUD to Prioritize Housing for those with Lowest Incomes Impacted by Disasters under CDBG-DR

The NLIHC-led Hurricane Housing Recovery Coalition drafted a new sign-on letter urging HUD to ensure that CDBG Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) resources be targeted towards housing for the low income…

October 16, 2017

Additional Updates on Hurricane Housing Recovery

The following is a review of developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria housing recovery since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in last week’s …

October 16, 2017

Report Highlights Imbalance in Federal Housing Expenditures for High and Low Income Households

A new report by Andew Woo and Chris Salviati at Apartment List, Imbalance in Housing Aid: Mortgage Interest Deduction vs. Section 8, highlights the significant disparities in the distribution of…

October 16, 2017

Sen. Merkley, Rep. Ellison, and NLIHC to Host Congressional Briefing on MID Reform, October 17

Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), NLIHC, and the United for Homes campaign invite you to join us for a Congressional briefing, #SmartTaxReform: The Republican Tax Plan…

October 16, 2017

NLIHC CEO Calls for MID Reforms to Help Lower Income Homeowners and Renters

NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel wrote in an op-ed in The Hill on October 9 that the recently released Republican tax proposal leaves out reforms that would spur economic growth while providing…

October 16, 2017

HUD Secretary Carson Testifies Before House Panel on HUD Budget, Disaster Recovery

The House Financial Services Committee held an oversight hearing on October 12 to discuss current HUD activities and programming with HUD Secretary Ben Carson. Dr. Carson defended the administration’…

October 16, 2017

National Rental Housing Landscape Report Finds Poor Households Continue to be Severely Cost-Burdened

Memo to Members

New York University’s Furman Center released their annual National Rental Housing Landscape report on October 5. The report looks at rental market data from 2006 to 2015 for the 53 largest…

October 16, 2017

From the Field: Detroit Establishes New Housing Trust Fund and Passes Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance

As Detroit continues its economic turnaround, gradual rent increases are creating concerns about increasing renter displacement. To ensure the people of Detroit are able to continue to live in the…

October 16, 2017

Fact of the Week: High Income Households Benefit the Most from Two Largest Forms of Federal Housing Assistance

Memo to Members

Source: Apartment List. (2017). Imbalance in Housing Aid: Mortgage Interest Deduction vs. Section 8. San Francisco, CA: Author.

October 16, 2017

Senators Ask GAO to Evaluate Cost of Housing Inaction

A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the agency to evaluate whether the domestic housing market is currently meeting the country’s housing…

October 16, 2017

Over 100 NeighborWorks Training Institute Courses Offered in Washington DC, December 11-15

The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will take place in Washington, DC the week of December 11-15. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and…

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