California Governor Jerry Brown (D) released on May 13 the “May Revise” update to his 2016-2017 budget proposal, and it included a controversial proposal to expedite rental housing development…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will conduct a webinar about the “Streamlining Rule” issued in March (see Memo, 3/7). The rule revised regulations governing many federal housing programs,…
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees will release and vote on FY17 subcommittee spending amounts, formally known as 302(b) allocations, on April 13 and 14, respectively. Subcommittees began…
At NLIHC’s Policy Forum on April 4 (see related article in this week’s Memo to Members), HUD Secretary Julián Castro announced that HUD had issued legal guidance from the Office of General Counsel (…
The National Housing Law Project is offering a webinar providing an overview of the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulations as well as an update on the rule’s implementation.…
On Tuesday, March 15, more than 600 advocates convened at the Minnesota State Capitol for “Homeless Day on the Hill” coordinated by the Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless (MCH), an NLIHC state…
On March 31, HUD issued new guidance in the form of frequently asked questions (FAQs) as a follow-up to an earlier HUD notice on the use of arrest records in screening applicants for federally-…
Take Action TODAY: Urge Your Representatives to push for a vote on criminal justice reform
Earlier this year, the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve several criminal justice reform bills.…
NLIHC provides state-specific information related to national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocation plans. The state resources, updated regularly, can be found at: http://bit.ly/28SEBVd. We also…
The House Budget Committee released a working paper on possible ways to reform the federal budget process. The paper follows a hearing the Committee held earlier this summer that examined alternative…
The Federal Interagency Reentry Council released their August report focusing on the recent progress and future roadmap to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people reentering society after…
The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) published a research brief and an interactive map on maturing mortgages in the USDA’s Section 515 Rural Rental Housing loan program. Since 1963, Section 515…
