Welcome to these new members who joined in May 2013:Amy Clark, Washington, DCWillette Coleman, Silver Spring, MDLucille Cornelius, Pine Ridge, SDRosemarie Dillingham, Pine Ridge, SDMichael Her Many…
Chris White joined NLIHC on June 3 as the new communications associate. Chris previously worked as communications associate for Search for Common Ground, an international nonprofit dedicated to…
Katie Sullivan joins the National Low Income Housing Coalition as a summer research intern. A native of the Chicago area, she is a recent graduate of Washington University in St. Louis where she…
Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was added as the ninth co-sponsor to the Common Sense Housing Investment Act (H.R. 1213) on June 3. Mr. Jeffries is the third member of the New York delegation…
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 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…
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…
On September 27, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced the HUD Inspection Process and Enforcement Reform Act of 2016. This bill aims to protect low-income residents from dangerous living conditions…
With only two days to spare before the deadline, Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a short-term continuing resolution (CR), set at Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 spending levels, on September…
HUD will webcast a convening discussing its proposed Lead Safe Housing Rule (see Memo, 9/6). The proposed rule would enhance HUD’s approach in responding to cases of children in HUD-assisted housing…
HUD posted 36 frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation. The FAQs address: a description of AFFH and the AFFH rule, the AFFH data and mapping…
