A report by the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) titled Housing Agency Waiting Lists and the Demand for Housing Assistance estimates there are approximately 1.6 million…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) takes place May 2-6 in Los Angeles, CA. The NTI will offer over 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing, housing asset…
How to keep affordable housing sustainable is the challenge thought-leaders from across the affordable housing movement will be exploring at the Consortium for Housing and Asset Management (CHAM)…
The release of House Budget Chair Tom Price’s (R-GA) FY17 budget resolution, originally expected the week of February 22, was delayed due to significant disagreements among House Republican…
After a controversial amendment threatened to derail the Senate from passing appropriations bills (See Memo 5/2), senators were able to come to a deal, relieving the legislative logjam that delayed…
The Senate Committee on Finance held a hearing to examine the role of outcomes and evidence-based standards in informing social policies and to explore how to apply them more effectively to program…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance compared the affordable housing models of the United States and the United Kingdom during a hearing on May 12. Both countries have…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a proposed rule to revise the Native American and Native Hawaiian programs by incorporating an existing fair housing rule, the Equal Access…
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD’s proposed Assessment Tool to be used by states to create an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) to comply with the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH…
Advocates, service providers, resident leaders, and developers from across the District of Columbia gathered on Tuesday, May 10, to lobby councilmembers to sustain and expand essential affordable…
Homes For All and the Right To The City Alliance will host a national online discussion with acclaimed author Matthew Desmond to discuss the growing eviction epidemic and renter crisis in the U.S.…
HUD Secretary Julián Castro announced the allocation of 2016 Housing Trust Fund (HTF) resources to each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Insular Areas on May 4. A formal…