NLIHC welcomes Stephanie Hall to the team as the new Field Intern and MSW practicum fellow. Stephanie is a graduate student at George Mason University, studying Social Work with a concentration in…
NLIHC welcomes Youness Mou as the Graphic Design intern for the fall 2016 semester. Youness is pursuing his bachelor degree in Graphic Design and a minor in Anthropology at Brockport State University…
NLIHC welcomes Pia Shah as the Communications Intern for the fall 2016 semester. Pia is a junior at American University studying Public Relations and Strategic Communications and Marketing. Growing…
NLIHC officially launched the campaign to fund the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) through a modernization of the mortgage interest deduction on March 18 at its 2013 Housing Policy conference in…
Plenary speakers at NLIHC’s 2013 Housing Policy Conference offered attendees rich and substantive content that was inspiring, sobering, and motivating.Melissa Harris-Perry got everyone’s attention…
Two hearings on March 19 included important discussion about the continuing responsibility of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as well as their potential successor entities, to fund the National Housing…
The Tax Policy Center (TPC), a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, recently completed a new analysis for NLIHC to determine the impact of proposed changes to the…
On March 21, nearly six months into FY13, Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year. The bill containing the CR, H.R. 933,…
Senators Mike Johanns (R-NE) and Jon Tester (D-MT) reintroduced the Small Public Housing Agency Opportunity Act, S. 576, on March 14. The legislation would allow for greater flexibility from public…
Representative Patrick Meehan (R-PA) reintroduced legislation that would allow public housing agencies to divert voucher payments from landlords who are delinquent on local school or property taxes…
Hearing on Waste, Fraud at HUDThe House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold an April 5 hearing on reports of waste, fraud and abuse at HUD. Hearing on Future of…
HUD and the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) finalized a voluntary compliance agreement (VCA) on March 1, 2013 in response to public housing residents’ complaints regarding CHA’s failure to comply…
