A report by the Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement and the Labor Education Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase on…
HUD released Understanding Whom the LIHTC Program Serves: Data on Tenants in LIHTC Units as of December 31, 2014. The report provides information on the income, race, disability status, and family…
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…
Source: Nolan, L., Dickson, A., Bruno, R., and Smith, J.(2017). The impact of a minimum wage increase on housing affordability in Illinois. University of Illinois Labor Education…
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…
The National Rural Housing Coalition released its 2017 impact report, Measuring the Economic and Human Impact of Nonprofit Organizations in Rural America, providing information and data to policy…
The Policy & Race Research Action Council updates annually its compilation of state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in the housing market based on source of income. These laws protect…
The Western Center on Law and Poverty released Affordable Housing Manual, a free, easy-to-understand, comprehensive compendium of tools for advocates seeking to increase the supply of affordable…
The Center for Community Change and the National Priorities Project will hold a webinar titled “Protecting Our Communities: A Community Guide to Resisting the President’s Budget” on Wednesday, April…
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…
Welcome to the following organizations and individuals who joined the National Low Income Housing Coalition in the first quarter of 2017. We thank you for your support of NLIHC and for your…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of April 9:
“Ben Carson getting stuck in a public housing elevator shows how much work he needs to do,” Mic,…
