The Boston University Initiative on Cities released the results of its 2017 survey of 115 mayors of cities with at least 75,000 residents. Fifty-one percent of the mayors surveyed identified housing…
The Center for American Progress’ HandsOff campaign has organized a digital day of action for January 29, the day before the State of the Union. The day of action seeks to highlight the upcoming…
The NLIHC 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement, March 19-21 in Washington DC, will explore the state of fair housing in 2018 on the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. Housing…
NLIHC’s National Housing Trust Fund campaign has taken on new urgency in light of new opportunities and threats this year in Congress. National, state, and local organizations and local government…
After failing last week to reach an agreement fund the federal government for FY18, the Senate is voting this afternoon to temporarily extend federal funding under a fourth continuing resolution (CR…
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Subcommittees on Economic Opportunity and Health held a hearing on January 18 to examine the issue of veterans’ homelessness. The hearing included two…
The House of Representatives passed on January 16 the “Family Self Sufficiency Act” (HR 4258) under a “suspension of the rules,” a designation intended to speed passage of noncontroversial bills. The…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted on January 17 to recommend two nominees for HUD assistant secretary positions. The nominees are Brian Montgomery for HUD assistant…
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) posted Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the January 5 Federal Register notice suspending most local governments’ obligation under the…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2018-01 on January 17 providing guidance regarding the provisions of the Small Area Fair Market Rent (Small Area FMR or SAFMR) rule.…
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt sent a letter and an accompanying report to the Senate Banking Committee on January 16 to provide the agency’s perspective on housing finance…
A study by Megan Sandel, Richard Sheward, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, and others published in Pediatrics, “Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families,” finds that housing…
