The Senate Committee on Finance released “Economic and Community Development: Senate Finance Committee Staff Tax Reform Options for Discussion” after a closed-door Committee meeting on May 15. The…
The House Committee on Appropriations’ FY14 302b allocation for its Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) is more than 17% less than the House’s…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on May 16, “Sustainable Housing Finance: The Government’s Role in Multifamily and Health Care Facilities Mortgage…
The Homes for Heroes Act, H.R. 384, passed the House of Representatives on May 15 by a vote of 420 to 3. The legislation, introduced by Representative Al Green (D-TX), now awaits action in the Senate…
HUD released its latest CHAS (Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy) data on May 14. Both five-year (2006-2010) and three-year (2008-2010) data are newly available from HUD, allowing analysts…
Open Communities and Metropolitan Tenants Organization (MTO), both NLIHC members, have joined Chicago area advocates in celebrating the Cook County Board of Commissioners’ decision to include Housing…
A new study from the National Poverty Center finds that 1.65 million American households are living in “extreme poverty,” and these households include 3.55 million children. Using a World Bank…
Last week, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced S.3384, the Middle Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2016, to create a new federal tax credit to incentivize developers to build and preserve housing…
The White House released the “Housing Development Toolkit” which highlights actions state and local jurisdictions can take to encourage housing development. The white paper, released on September 26…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit considered legislative proposals to help consumers, particularly those with low incomes, gain more access to…
