The House Committee on Appropriations held a hearing on the oversight of HUD and the Department of Transportation on March 16. During the hearing, lawmakers examined the top persistent management…
Both houses of the Utah Legislature recently passed legislation to expand the state’s low income housing tax credit program and to establish a new supplemental funding source dedicated to serving…
Sign your organization onto a letter from advocates around the country asking Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). In the first year of funding for the HTF, states…
There is still time to join the more than 1,000 national, state, and local organizations that have signed onto NLIHC’s letter urging Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund (…
United for Homes (UFH) endorsers are invited to join a webinar, “Direct Action and the United for Homes Campaign: Disruption and Agitation in the Effort for MID Reform,” on Tuesday, July 18 at 2 pm…
Despite delays, White House officials hope to see tax reform legislation introduced and voted on in Congress after the August recess when Congressional members return to Washington. These officials…
The Urban Institute held a panel discussion, “Apartment Demand for the Next 15 Years: Can We Meet the Need?,” on July 13. The event included a discussion about the potential impacts of mortgage…
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum for all federal department heads, instructing them on how to prepare their departments’ FY19 budgets. Memorandum M-17-28 requires FY19…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that he will keep the Senate in session for the first two weeks of August. The announcement comes as Senate Republicans face a long legislative…
Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY) introduced H.R. 3215 on July 12 to increase funding for the Public Housing Capital Fund to $5 billion annually, including $600 million each year to reduce lead…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) voted on its FY18 spending bill on July 11. The bill next goes to the full House…
The full House Appropriations Committee voted on July 12 to report the FY18 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spending bill to the House. While the proposed bill rejects President Trump’s more…
