The racial wealth gap is three times the racial income gap and growing, according to Less Than Equal: Racial Disparities in Wealth Accumulation, a report published by the Urban Institute in April. In…
This is the final week of NLIHC’s Membership Month. We welcome and thank our more than 60 new NLIHC members who joined us and our many existing members this month. Your membership is essential to…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on September 21 to explore ways to make the housing voucher program more efficient and to increase upward economic…
On September 22, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) released a discussion draft of legislation to create a new federal tax program. Senator Wyden's Middle Income Housing Tax Credit—modeled off of the Low…
The Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development held a hearing on September 22 concerning negligence, health concerns, and fraudulent inspections by Global…
On September 22, Representative Charles Boustany (R-LA) introduced H.R. 6137, the Louisiana Flood and Storm Devastation Tax Relief Act of 2016, to provide victims of severe storms and flooding with…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was again forced to push back a procedural vote on a stopgap funding measure last week, after Senators remain unable to reach an agreement on how to fund…
HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research issued an interim evaluation of the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD). Because the demonstration is still in its early stages, the…
USDA released a new tool on September 19 to help communities and advocates identify affordable housing developments at risk of leaving USDA’s portfolio once the property’s USDA loan matures. Once a…
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that the House will not take a vote on criminal justice reform before the November elections. So far, the House Judiciary Committee has approved several criminal…
