Republican members of the House Budget Committee continued to discuss ways to move forward its FY17 budget resolution but did not appear closer to gaining enough support to pass one on the House…
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced the “Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2016” (H.R. 5085) that would take significant steps…
On April 28, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) and the Congressional Homelessness Caucus hosted a Hill briefing to highlight NAEH’s recently released The State of Homelessness in…
In an effort to reduce housing and employment barriers for justice-involved youth, HUD and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced $1.75 million in grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) that…
After both Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Secretary Hillary Clinton visited New York public housing and detailed the affordable housing policies they would pursue as President, advocates sent…
For those who might have missed NLIHC’s first two webinar offerings of the 2016 Voterization series, not to worry. Due to popular demand, both sessions will be presented again in early May. “…
Washington affordable housing advocates are encouraged by commitments to address youth homelessness in the supplemental capital and operating budgets passed by the state legislature before…
Harvard sociologist and MacArthur Genius Dr. Matthew Desmond discussed his critically acclaimed work, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, to an audience of housing advocates and others…
Thought-leaders from across the affordable housing movement will explore the challenge of keeping affordable housing sustainable at the Consortium for Housing and Asset Management (CHAM) annual…
Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, last week sent letters to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the Congressional…
The Senate Committee on Appropriations passed its FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill on April 21 by unanimous consent, 30 to 0. The…
The House Committee on Appropriations approved by a voice vote its FY17 spending bill for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on April 19. As we reported last week (see Memo 4/18), the bill…
