Congress returns this week after a two-week recess with just four days to pass spending bills for the remainder of FY17 by the April 28 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Failure to pass full…
NLIHC, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), and the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) submitted a proposal on fostering economic growth to the Senate Banking Committee on…
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney said on April 20 that the administration will include $200 billion for new infrastructure spending in its full FY18 budget. Mr.…
The HUD Office of the Inspector General (OIG) published a memorandum describing problems households might encounter when attempting to obtain recovery assistance after a presidentially declared…
The HUD Office of Housing Counseling will present a webinar for NLIHC members on May 2 at 2:00 pm ET on the Final Rule on Housing Counselor Certification, which became effective on January 13, 2017.…
More than 600 advocates and activists, including numerous public housing and voucher tenants, rallied on April 20 at lower Manhattan’s Federal Plaza, in front of the New York City regional HUD office…
A report by the Urban Institute’s Brett Theodos, Christina Plerhoples Stacy, and Helen Ho, Taking Stock of the Community Development Block Grant, indicates that Community Development Block Grant (…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold its second free 30-minute training for residents and advocates about the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) on Wednesday, April 26 at 1:30 pm ET.…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of April 16:
“Here’s what you have to earn to be considered low-income in the US,” Vox, April 20 at: http://bit…
Advocates are urged to sign letters encouraging their Senators to co-sponsor S. 1761 and their Representative to co-sponsor H.R. 3543, bills that would extend and improve the Protecting Tenants at…
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) continues to circulate a “Dear Colleague” letter encouraging HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan to “swiftly complete” a final rule regarding a jurisdiction’s obligation to…
