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…
The Senate Transportation-HUD (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee held a hearing on September 21 to discuss ways to reduce costs in federal housing programs. At the center of the discussion was a…
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a Congressional briefing on September 19 related to reforming the federal budget process, with a keynote speech by Senate Budget Committee…
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…
U.S. Representatives and Senators are scheduled to return to their home districts and states between October 10 and November 11, but they may head back home as early as this week. Their return home…
Low income renters and advocates in Oregon launched the #JustCauseBecause campaign on September 22, in conjunction with the National Renter’s Day of Action. #JustCauseBecause is a statewide effort to…
A study published in Science by William Evans, James Sullivan, and Melanie Wallskog titled The Impact of Homelessness Prevention Programs on Homelessness finds that temporary financial assistance to…
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…
Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) was added as a co-sponsor to the Common Sense Housing Investment Act (H.R. 1213) on May 14. Ms. Slaughter, the Ranking Member on the House Committee on Rules,…
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…
