President-elect Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Representative Mick Mulvaney (R-SC) to serve as the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). As a cofounder and leading…
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released on January 14 its final rule detailing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's "duty-to-serve" underserved markets as required by the “Housing and Economic…
HUD has prepared six videos on using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for housing-related activities. The first video is a very brief introduction. The remaining five videos discuss:…
The Supportive Housing Network of New York (the Network), a NLIHC state partner launched on November 21 as part of the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing a new advocacy initiative to send 20,000 messages to…
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 6: There's still time to share your housing success story for a new national report
Housing advocates are developing a report to highlight the positive…
December 15 is the deadline for submitting affordable housing success stories for a national report on the broad, positive impacts of HUD and USDA affordable housing programs to share with Members of…
NDD United, a broad group of stakeholders interested in protecting federal nondefense discretionary (NDD) funding, is coordinating a sign-on letter urging Congress to end the harmful sequester caps,…
The NLIHC-led United for Homes (UFH) campaign, calling for rebalanced federal housing investments through mortgage interest deduction (MID) reform, will relaunch on January 11. President-elect Trump…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a nonpartisan agency that provides budget and economic analysis to Congress, released a new report on December 8 outlining the pros and cons of 115 proposals to…
With just hours to spare before the deadline, Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a short-term continuing resolution (CR) on December 9. The CR maintains the FY17 spending cap of $1.07…
HUD released the Community Assessment Reporting Tool (CART) on December 6. CART allows users to map and explore data about key HUD investments in cities, counties, metropolitan areas, congressional…
The Indiana Association for Community Economic Development (IACED), an NLIHC state partner, hosted its 30th Anniversary Celebration at the annual Prosperity Indiana Summit on November 14. The…
