The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will take place in Philadelphia the week of August 14-18. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference in Washington, DC on July…
NLIHC has joined the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) to urge Congress to pass a clean budget that promotes opportunity for all, safeguards and advances basic living standards, and protects the…
During a hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on June 13, Senators from both parties voiced…
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017 on June 8 to extend the Fair Housing Act’s protections to those at risk of discrimination because of their sexual…
The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing to consider President Trump’s FY18 Budget and Revenue proposals on June 14. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared before the Committee to provide…
On June 14, the Senate Committee on Banking voted to recommend the nomination of Pam Patenaude to serve as HUD deputy secretary. Her nomination was supported by all members in attendance except for…
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD’s draft Operations Notice for Expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program (see Memo, 5/8). NLIHC conveyed strong opposition to the inclusion of…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 allocations of state-by-state funding levels for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) from the…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued the HTF IDIS User Manual for Grantees to show national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) state grantees how to set up, fund, draw funds for, and…
Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the “Second Chance Act of 2007” on June 13. If passed, this legislation would continue targeted funding for 5…
A report from the Urban Institute, Why Does Cash Welfare Depend on Where You Live? How and Why State TANF Programs Vary explores state variation in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)—a…
