NLIHC joined a coalition letter opposing provisions in the House’s version of the 2018 farm bill that would cut SNAP food benefits, while expanding SNAP work requirements and imposing lifetime bans…
Illinois Democratic U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin sent a letter asking HUD Secretary Ben Carson to report on his agency’s plan to address the serious problems at public housing…
HUD’s Office Community Planning and Development (CPD) published Notice CPD-18-10, suspending the requirement that participating jurisdictions (PJs) commit their HOME Investment Partnerships Program (…
A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Could Do More to Expand Opportunity for Poor Families, finds that Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) housing…
House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the “Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018” (H.R. 6220) on June 26. The proposal to…
A study by the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab of Johns Hopkins University, Urban Landlords and the Housing Choice Voucher Program, examined the participation of landlords in the Housing Choice…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
2018 UnidosUS Annual Conference, Washington, DC, on July 8
A Home for…
The House Financial Services Committee will vote on June 27 on the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act” (HR 2069), introduced by Representative Mike Turner (R-OH). NLIHC opposes the bill as…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the federal government’s approach to lead-based paint and mold remediation in public and subsidized housing. The hearing will…
Rep. Ellison and NLIHC CEO Yentel Call Attention to Out-of-Reach Rents and Urge Common Sense Solutions
In the July 6 issue of The Hill, Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) and NLIHC President and…
When the 2016 General Session of the Utah State Legislature concluded on March 10, housing advocates were elated to have successfully blocked legislation that sought to overturn housing…
