A paper by The Urban Institute, Work Requirements in Public Housing Authorities, examines work requirements for public housing and housing choice voucher (HCVs). The large majority of families…
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is seeking to reduce public assistance for low income people in Wisconsin and to increase barriers to accessing the support they need. Mr. Walker is calling a…
Charlie Cook
NLIHC’s 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement taking place in Washington, DC, March 19-21, 2018, will feature Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of The Cook Political…
Congress remains at an impasse over how to fund the federal government for FY18, creating the possibility of a government shutdown when the current stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing…
Due to unintended impacts from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” signed into law in December, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have announced they will likely need an advance from the U.S.…
An article by Jeff Larrimore and Jenny Schuetz published by the Federal Reserve, Assessing the Severity of Rent Burden on Low-Income Families, found that the lowest income renters, after paying their…
A report by NYU’s Furman Center, “How Do Small Area Fair Market Rents Affect the Location and Number of Units Affordable to Voucher Holders,” found that use of Small Area fair market rents (FMRs)…
Vermont Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) recently released a digital version of its “Illustrated Guide to Vermont Renters’ Rights.” The guide includes visually-appealing images…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
2018 Illinois Governor’s Conference on Affordable Housing, Chicago, IL –…
NLIHC and 75 civil rights, faith-based, affordable housing, and other organizations issued a statement on January 5 voicing strong opposition to HUD’s sudden and short-sighted decision to effectively…
HUD published a notice in the Federal Register on January 5 suspending most local governments’ obligation under the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule to submit an Assessment of Fair…
HUD’s Regulatory Task Force, formed in response to Executive Order (EO) 13777 (see Memo, 3/6/17), decided to withdraw five proposed rules, publishing the withdrawal in the Federal Register on…
