NLIHC is pleased to announce that Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) will speak during the Monday, March 18 lunch session at United for Action, the NLIHC 2013 Housing Policy Conference and Lobby Day…
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) of the U.S. Congress released its report entitled Estimates of Federal Tax Expenditures for Fiscal Years 2012-2017 on February 1. This annual report shows the…
The number of endorsing organizations of NLIHC’s proposal for funding the National Housing Trust Fund by modifying the mortgage interest deduction reached 800 on January 31 and now stands at 807.…
The U.S. Senate passed H.R. 325, the “No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013,” on January 31, without amending the bill as passed by the House on January 23. The vote was 64 to 34, with Senator Joe Manchin (D…
Legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was introduced in both the House and the Senate on January 22. Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) introduced H.R. 11 and the Senate bill…
Representative Al Green (D-TX) introduced a package of bills to address the housing needs of veterans on January 23. H.R. 384, the Homes for Heroes Act of 2013, would establish the position of…
NLIHC’s national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Developer Advisory Group recently published two briefs on strategies for funding extremely low income (ELI) housing and on options and considerations related…
NLIHC provides state-specific information related to national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocation plans. The state resources can be found at: http://bit.ly/28SEBVd. These state pages are updated…
Over the next few months, affordable housing and community development organizations have an opportunity to influence a number of critical issues before Congress and to help break through the noise…
An analysis by Zillow, titled Zillow Rent Index by Tier: Low-End Demand, High-End Supply, finds that the cost of low-rent apartments rose faster than rental costs in general over the past year in…
HUD, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) announced that the number of veterans experiencing homelessness decrease 47% since 2010. Between…
