The President’s FY12 budget request includes several provisions from
the Section Eight Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA), legislation which Congress
has considered for several years but has not yet…
As part of its FY12 budget request, the Department of the Treasury
seeks two changes to the low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program.
One would allow “income averaging” so properties could…
Both the House and Senate held hearings on the President’s FY12
budget proposal during the week of February 14 with a similar level of
criticism expressed by members in both chambers.
At the House…
The House of Representatives spent four days during the week of
February 14 considering H.R. 1, the Full Year Continuing Appropriations
Act for FY11. The resolution proposed deep cuts to many HUD…
House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and
Community Opportunity Chair Judy Biggert (R-IL) held her first hearing
as Chair of the committee on February 16. The hearing was…
This report examines the effectiveness of resident services across a number of outcomes and using a variety of methods, including interviews, case studies, surveys of property owners, and analysis of…
NLIHC is hosting a special presentation by Matthew Desmond on his New York Times best-selling book: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City on April 28, from 9:30 to 11:30am ET at the…
On March 24, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) announced her plan to introduce legislation to expand and reform the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program to better address the nation’s affordable…
NLIHC is hosting a special presentation by Matthew Desmond on his New York Times best-selling book: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City on April 28, from 9:30 to 11:30am ET at the…
On March 23, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced legislation to provide significant resources to end homelessness in the United States. The…
NLIHC has learned that an unfortunate provision in the Budget Control Act of 2011, the law that created the sequester, will take a 6.9% cut out of the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) and the…
Speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center on February 18, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt again urged Congress to pass meaningful housing finance reform to end the uncertainty…
