Affordable Housing Dilemma: The Preservation vs. Mobility Debate
A report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition takes a new look at one of the thorniest housing policy issues: Should policy…
The long-awaited NHTF Allocation Plan guidance from HUD was posted as Notice CPD-16-07 on April 28. The seven-page Notice primarily restates the interim regulations, with a few exceptions. …
NLIHC has produced a Model NHTF Allocation Plan for advocates to consider when engaging their state NHTF entity. NLIHC has also established an advisory group of affordable housing developers who have…
The Senate seemed poised to begin considering the FY17 THUD spending bill (S. 2844) last week until an amendment related to the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal was offered during debate of the FY17 Energy and…
Republican members of the House Budget Committee continued to discuss ways to move forward its FY17 budget resolution but did not appear closer to gaining enough support to pass one on the House…
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced the “Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2016” (H.R. 5085) that would take significant steps…
NLIHC joined 39 national organizations in sending a letter to the Senate urging passage of the “Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act” (H.R. 3700). The House passed H.R. 3700 unanimously on…
The Republican Study Committee (RSC), a group of conservatives in the House, submitted its recommendations to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility…
On April 28, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) and the Congressional Homelessness Caucus hosted a Hill briefing to highlight NAEH’s recently released The State of Homelessness in…
In an effort to reduce housing and employment barriers for justice-involved youth, HUD and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced $1.75 million in grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) that…
After both Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Secretary Hillary Clinton visited New York public housing and detailed the affordable housing policies they would pursue as President, advocates sent…
