The Senate voted to confirm two of President Donald Trump’s nominees for cabinet positions. Steven Mnuchin was confirmed on February 13 as secretary of the Department of the Treasury by a largely…
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on “The Geography of Poverty” the week of February 12. The hearing explored the increasing poverty in suburban…
HUD has approved 38 national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Allocation Plans as of February 17. Of the 38, HUD has publicly identified 21: Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana,…
HUD published Notice PIH-2017-03 providing guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) regarding instituting and enforcing smoke-free policies in public housing, as required by a final rule issued on…
A report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Poverty Reduction Programs Help Adults Lacking College Degrees the Most, finds that 87% of working-age adults (18 to 64 years of age)…
Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (Texas Housers), an NLIHC state partner, released a report on January 25 titled “Fair Housing and Balanced Choices: Did Texas Reduce Government-Funded…
The National Housing Law Project will hold a webinar on HUD’s final rule implementing the housing provisions of the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013” (VAWA) rule (see Memo, 10/31/…
The second webinar in a series for United for Homes (UFH) campaign endorsers was held on Wednesday, February 8, 2 pm ET. The webinar focused on best practices for media strategies to promote…
Avesta Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer and provider in Portland, ME, released new data the week of February 5 about the demand for and availability of its affordable apartments over…
Tensions rose the week of January 29 over several of President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations, including Steve Mnuchin, who Mr. Trump selected to lead the Department of the Treasury,…
Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and Republican Study Committee are insisting that any spending on a border wall with Mexico be offset by funding cuts to other federal programs, which…
Affordable housing advocates in Oregon gathered in Portland on January 27 to launch new advocacy efforts in support of the 2017 policy agenda of the Oregon Housing Alliance, an NLIHC state partner.…
