The House Financial Services Committee met in an open session on February 28 to approve the committee’s budget “views and estimates” for FY18, including those for HUD. The Committee stressed the…
HUD has approved 41 national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Allocation Plans as of March 3. Of the 41, HUD has publicly identified 25: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho,…
Dr. Ben Carson was confirmed as the 17th secretary of HUD by a vote of 58-41 on March 2. A number of Democrats, including Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Mark Warner (D-VA…
NLIHC released its new report, The GAP: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, on March 2. The report finds a shortage of 7.4 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low income (ELI)…
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report describing the characteristics and role of syndicators in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) market from 2005 through 2014. An…
The City of Honolulu and Hawaii state legislators are battling over a more ambitious city-wide inclusionary zoning policy announced by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell (D) during his State of the City…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of February 26:
“Ben Carson wins Senate confirmation as housing secretary,” Fox News, March 2 at: http://fxn.…
Many of you may remember Sheila Crowley's weekly “Point of View” column in Memo to Members. For those of us working on housing policy in the late 1990's and early 2000's, it was essential reading.…
Today, Congressman Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, made public his proposal to reform the federal tax code, in which he calls for changes to the mortgage interest…
In the "2014 Take Action Issue" of Tenant Talk, we review the top "calls to action" for residents in 2014:
Join the United for Homes campaign
Get ready for the National Housing Trust Fund
Speak…
