The United for Homes (UFH) campaign continued its series of monthly webinars for current endorsers with a session on April 12 titled “Deductions, Credits, and Homeownership: The Impact of Modest…
The United for Homes (UFH) website features an aggregator that captures chatter on social media related to the UFH campaign and mortgage interest deduction (MID) reform. This feature provides…
Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced legislation on April 5 to reduce barriers for domestic and sexual assault victims seeking housing. The “Fair Housing for Domestic…
Representatives Brad Schneider (D-IL), Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Ted Deutch (D-FL) introduced the “Homeless Veterans Assistance Fund Act of 2017” on April 4. The bipartisan bill is designed to help…
HUD released the FY17 median family income (MFI) estimates and income limits on April 14. The estimated FY17 MFI for the U.S. is $68,000, which represents a 3.5% increase from the estimated FY16…
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) and leaders of the New York State Legislature agreed on April 7 to a budget for the state’s fiscal year 2017-18, which began on April 1, that includes a total of $2.5…
May 1 is the pre-event registration deadline for the NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) taking place May 22-26 in Minneapolis, MN. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable…
The core message of the 2017 NLIHC Lobby Day was the importance of affordable housing programs for those with the lowest incomes and the devastating impacts President Donald Trump’s proposed budget…
The United for Homes (UFH) campaign website features short videos summarizing the UFH campaign’s call for modest reforms to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) that would benefit millions of low…
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent a letter to House and Senate leadership urging lawmakers to work together to lift caps on federal spending equally for defense…
Minnesota housing advocates have made progress in recent years securing new affordable housing revenue from the state legislature (see Memo, 6/12/2013 and 5/30/2014), but the shortage of affordable…
The next United for Homes (UFH) monthly webinar for endorsers will take place on April 12, 2 pm ET and is titled “Just in Time for Tax Day—Deductions, Credits, and Homeownership.” Urban-…
