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…
NLIHC joined 268 national organizations in sending a letter to Congress opposing a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The letter states, “A balanced budget constitutional…
House Democrats urged their colleagues to advance FY17 spending bills without policy riders that threaten to derail the appropriations process. More than 172 representatives sent a letter to House…
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and 28 of his Democratic colleagues introduced the “True LEADership Act” (S. 2821) a comprehensive plan to address lead poisoning, including several proposals related to…
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) released a guidebook and video designed to facilitate coordination between Continuums of Care (CoCs) and Consolidated Plan (ConPlan)…
The Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice (Hawaii Appleseed) released a report on April 13 titled “The State of Poverty in Hawaii: How Hawaii’s Low Income Residents Are Faring Post-…
NLIHC and several partner organizations are launching a social media campaign during the week of April 24-30—which the Department of Justice has designated “National Reentry Week”—to raise awareness…
Matthew Desmond, Harvard University professor and author of the best-selling book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, will participate in a Twitter chat co-hosted by NLIHC, the…
The Senate Committee on Appropriations passed its FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill on April 21 by a vote of 30 to 0. The bill can now go to…
