The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing on April 14 titled “The Failure of Trickle Down Economics in the War on Poverty.,” Witnesses spoke about families struggling to make…
Representatives Annie Kuster (D-NH) and Rick Nolan (D-MN) introduced the “Rural Housing Preservation Act” (H.R. 4908) on April 12. The purpose of the bill is to ensure that thousands of families…
Fourteen members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Mel Watt on April 14 urging FHFA to provide debt relief to long-standing…
Last week, HUD sent to Congress its plan to implement a demonstration program for energy and water conservation improvements in certain HUD properties. The pilot program, enacted in December, 2015,…
Chrishelle Palay, co-director of the Houston office of the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (TxLIHIS), an NLIHC state partner, spoke to a crowd of residents of Houston’s affluent…
The National Housing Law Project is offering webinars providing an overview of the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulations, an update on the rule’s implementation, and…
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…
At the NLIHC 2016 Policy Forum (see related article in this Memo to Members), HUD Secretary Julián Castro officially announced that nearly $174 million will soon be available for the inaugural…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies will hold a March 1 hearing on HUD’s FY17 budget request. HUD Secretary Julián Castro…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities will host a March 3 webinar, “Understanding the Impact of H.R. 3700 on Tenants and Applicants.” This webinar will review H.R. 3700’s likely impacts for…
HUD will hold eleven two-day courses about the HOME program’s Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) regulatory requirements. The courses are targeted to representatives of prospective…
On February 18, 2016, HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing issued a set of 16 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the transfer of all or a portion of any remaining budget authority of a…
