The Democratic National Committee's (DNC) drafting committee voted on its draft 2016 party platform on Friday, after having received testimony from 114 people during two recent public hearings and…
NLIHC has updated its national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) website, http://nhtf.org, with state-specific information on HTF allocation plans. Each state page identifies the HTF advocacy point person and…
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an oversight hearing on June 22 to address the issue of accessibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development programs to native…
Given Congress’s inability to move all twelve federal spending bills, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) stated that Congress will have to pass a stopgap spending measure, known as a continuing…
Fifteen individuals were selected to serve as members of the new Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration Advisory Committee. The “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016” requires HUD to establish a…
HUD recently announced three actions relating to Native Americans: the release of an improved Tribal government-to-government consultation policy, the release of a draft plan to establish a Tribal…
Representative French Hill (R-AR) introduced the “GSE Review and Reform Act” (H.R. 5505) that would require the U.S. Department of Treasury to study ways of ending the conservatorship of government…
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and other Ways and Means Republicans unveiled the sixth and final plank of the House Republican’s A Better Way…
Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Chair Tim Scott (R-SC), Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roy Blunt (R-MO)…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released The State of the Nation’s Housing 2016 on June 22. This year’s report highlights the changing demographics driving the demand for…
The Los Angeles City Council voted to place an affordable housing ballot initiative before voters in November. Voters will decide whether proposed developments will receive allowances for exceeding…
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. (2016). The State of the Nation’s Housing 2016. Cambridge, MA: Author. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/28QIWIN
Notes: Extremely income…
