The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing, “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: How Government Housing Policy Failed Homeowners and…
Bill on Homeless Veteran Definition ReintroducedSenator Mark Begich (D-AK) introduced S. 287, legislation to expand the definition of homelessness for veterans, on February 12. This is a…
HUD is now expected to release the full version of its Worst Case Housing Needs 2011 Report to Congress in April. HUD issued an executive summary of this report on February 22 (see Memo, 2/22), which…
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) now has a mobile application (app) for submitting a housing discrimination complaint. The app provides information about housing rights and…
February 28, 2013CONTACT: Amy Clark, [email protected], 206.240.3284AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING SHORTAGE IMPACTS EVERY STATE IN THE NATIONMillions of Americans will be writing their rent checks tomorrow.…
The Wall Street Journal
January 16, 2017
The mortgage-interest deduction is our nation’s largest housing subsidy, but it is poorly targeted, primarily benefiting America’s highest-income households…
February 25, 2013Contact: Amy Clark, [email protected], 202.662.1530 x227HUD REPORTS RECORD INCREASE IN HOUSING UNAFFORDABILTY FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS Low income…
Congress and the nation moved closer to the implementation of sequestration during the week of February 18 as the House and Senate stood in recess. Sequestration of discretionary funds, an across-the…
While the nation awaits Congressional action on sequestration, appropriators are proactively addressing the expiration of the continuing resolution (CR) on March 27. The federal government is…
A hearing on the Federal Housing Administration’s “Financial Condition and Program Challenges” will be held by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on February 28. The hearing,…
HUD will release the full 2011 Worst Case Housing Needs Report on Monday, February 25. In a summary released on February 22, HUD reports a dramatic rise in the number of families with very low…
