The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held its fourth and fifth hearings on housing finance reform during the week of October 28. The first, “Essentials of a Functioning Housing…
On October 30, the Budget Conference Committee held its first meeting to begin negotiations on the federal spending amount for FY14, which began on October 1, 2013. The committee has until December…
On October 29, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs approved by voice vote President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Katherine O’Regan to be HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Policy…
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “The Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Implications of a $1.7 Billion Taxpayer Bailout” on October 29 with FHA Commissioner Carol…
The House of Representatives approved by voice vote the Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act, H.R. 1742, on October 24. The measure, introduced by Representative Joseph Heck (R-NV), was brought…
Thank you to everyone who reached out to their Senators and urged an up/down vote on the nomination of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) as the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA…
Statement by National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Sheila Crowley on Senate Republicans Blocking Representative Watt's Confirmation as FHFA DirectorToday, a minority of U.S.…
The U.S. Senate may take up consideration of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) to be the new director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) as early as the week of October 28. FHFA regulates the…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs has scheduled two more hearings in its series of hearings on housing finance reform. The fourth and fifth hearings will be held during the…
Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) introduced H.R. 3340, the Fannie-Freddie Debt Elimination Act, on October 24.H.R. 3340 would require dollars repaid by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to the Treasury…
The Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, has released a five-minute video that captures stories from Michigan residents about their search…
