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…
HUD published a final rule that requires housing, facilities, and services funded through programs administered by the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) to establish, amend, or…
HUD’s Office of General Counsel has issued a memorandum providing guidance discussing how the Fair Housing Act applies to a housing provider’s consideration of a person with limited English…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs is launching a three-webinar series focused on the new Multifamily Family Self-Sufficiency (MF FSS) program (see Memo, 9/6). Attendees will learn the…
Over the past five years, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R) has launched criminal justice reform efforts that have made Georgia an exemplar in reentry innovation and recidivism reduction.
Housing…
NLIHC is accepting applications for the fall 2016 research internship position. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice…
The Congressional Budget Office has published a report in which it examines ten major tax expenditures that benefit individual taxpayers and how these tax provisions are distributed among income…
Congress returns to Washington, DC after the Memorial Day recess with little hope of addressing the effects of sequestration on low income people. Some Members of Congress have introduced…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold a hearing on June 5, “State of the American Dream: Economic Policy and the Future of the Middle Class.” The hearing will be held…
House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the Half-in-Ten Act of 2013, H.R. 2182, on May 23. The bill would set up a working group, the Federal…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) will only make tenant protection vouchers available for units that are occupied at the time: A public housing agency (PHA) applies to demolish or…
