A new paper from the Urban Institute explores the question of whether mortgage interest deduction (MID) reforms would hurt the economy and undermine the value of owner-occupied homes. The authors…
The top legislative priority of the United for Homes campaign, formerly the NHTF campaign, is advancing H.R. 1213, the Common Sense Housing Investment Act of 2013, introduced on March 15 by…
Representative Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) is circulating a FY14 programmatic funding request letter in support of strong funding levels for USDA Rural Housing programs. NLIHC urges its members to contact…
Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) plans to introduce a package of legislation to address housing needs related to Super Storm Sandy once Congress reconvenes after the Easter recess. NLIHC has…
HUD will close all offices for seven days to meet $66.6 million in sequestration cuts to salaries and expenses in FY13. HUD’s headquarters and local field offices will be close on May 10, May 24,…
Regulations proposed on March 27 would implement the new Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program (RHSP). The program, authorized by the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Re-Housing…
Westchester County, NY will lose $7.4 million in FY11 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds unless it addresses two components of a 2009 court…
The New Mexico state legislative session ended March 16 with exciting news for advocates for the homeless and affordable housing. The legislature passed the General Appropriations Act, the state…
Earlier this month, HUD and the Census Bureau released the 2012 Rental Housing Finance Survey (RHFS), a new tool which provides critical information on the country’s multifamily rental housing stock…
The Urban Institute released five briefing papers describing the results of its ten-year study of the long-term outcomes for families who relocated from two Chicago public housing developments to…
The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) released a report on the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration and its Congressional requirement to “increase housing choices for low income…
