Source-of-income discrimination and disparate impact were the subjects of a law suit filed by the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) against the Travelers Insurance Company. NFHA claims the firm…
Members of the House of Representatives filed dozens of amendments to the FY18 Transportation-HUD spending bill, which was combined with seven other domestic spending bills to form a larger package.…
Representative Joe Crowley (D-NY) announced on August 21 that he will introduce legislation, the “Rent Relief Act of 2017,” to provide a renters’ tax credit to struggling families and individuals to…
Residents who live in public housing owned and operated by public housing agencies (PHAs) on the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) waitlist need to be prepared to understand the RAD process,…
A report by Omar Carrillo for the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and NeighborWorks America, Pay for Success: Opportunities and Challenges in Housing and Economic Development,…
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released the Affordable Housing Database (AHD), which provides data on key housing and homelessness indicators for OECD countries. The…
Housing advocates in Minnesota released a new report on best practices for community engagement in fair housing planning. The report, A New Approach to Fair Housing Community Engagement, outlines the…
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…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
The Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress Event in Newburgh, NY on September…
The U.S. Census Bureau will release its annual poverty and income data in mid-September. The Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) will host a webinar, “Using the New Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance…
NLIHC Seeks Interns for Fall Semester
NLIHC is accepting applications for internship positions for the fall 2017 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek…
