The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a November 19 hearing on “Disparate Impact Theory.” Peter Kirsanow, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and Benesch,…
Mount Holly, NJ Disparate Impact Litigation
On November 13, 50 neighborhood residents and Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action, Inc. reached an agreement with Mount Holly Township, New Jersey,…
The Connecticut Housing Coalition (CHC), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, recently launched the Affordable Housing Academy, a four-month customized training course for owners and developers of…
HUD launched a new tool, the Location Affordability Portal, on November 12. Jointly developed by HUD and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the portal provides a comprehensive picture of…
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released a new guidebook for public housing agencies (PHAs) on November 14. The guidebook provides examples of best practices for PHAs…
Dan Emmanuel has joined NLIHC as an outreach associate serving members and states in the Southeastern United States and parts of the Midwest. Dan completed his Master of Social Work degree from Saint…
United for Homes proposes reducing the size of a mortgage eligible for a tax break from $1 million to $500,000, and converting the deduction to a 15% non-refundable credit. Less than 5.0% of…
"The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own. To secure the gains this country has made requires constant vigilance, not complacency."
President Barack…
According to Housing Instability Among Our Nation’s Veterans, a report released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, 1.5 million veteran households suffered from severe housing cost…
According to Housing Instability Among Our Nation’s Veterans, 1.5 million veteran households suffered from severe housing cost burden in 2011, spending more than 50% of their income on housing. There…
