The Trump Administration released on June 21 a proposal for reorganizing and consolidating federal departments, including those that oversee and administer federal housing and community development…
by Sharon Cornu, consultant with Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California
When you have something important to do, do you make a list? From buying groceries to running errands to…
On June 21, the House passed H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, more commonly known as the “Farm Bill,” by a vote of 213-211. If enacted, the Farm Bill would increase food insecurity…
The Senate rejected, by a 48-50 vote, the “The Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act” on June 20. The bill would have cut $15 billion in previously approved funding, including cuts of…
The House Budget Committee passed, by a 21-13 vote, its FY19 budget resolution that would maintain the 2017 tax cuts that largely benefit corporations and the wealthy, while repealing the Affordable…
HUD released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on June 20, seeking public comment on possible amendments to HUD’s 2013 final rule implementing the Fair Housing Act’s…
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report evaluating HUD’s lead grant and rental assistance programs. The study found that HUD lacked standards and proper oversight for…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 17.
“A lawsuit won’t begin to solve the lack of affordable housing in D.C.,” The Washington Post, June…
The Housing Task Force of the New Democrat Coalition released a report on America’s housing crisis on June 6. The report, Missing Millions of Homes, discusses the rising cost of housing, the lack of…
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on June 6 to discuss HUD’s definition of homelessness and review the “Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017” (HR 1511), introduced by…
NLIHC joined more than 50 housing, consumer, anti-homelessness and anti-poverty advocates in submitting an amicus brief supporting a lawsuit brought by three advocacy groups against HUD for…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 3:
“Analysis: HUD plan would raise rents for poor by 20 percent,” CNBC, June 7 at: https://cnb.cx/…
