HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs issued Notice H 2016-05 on March 31, revising Notice H 2014-12 (see Memo 9/15/14) pertaining to owner compliance with tenant participation requirements at…
HUD has posted a six-part webcast explaining the required content of the new Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) established in the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. The webcast defines…
The second webinar in NLIHC’s 2016 Voterization series, “Educating Voters and Candidates on Housing Issues,” will be held on Monday, April 18 at 2:00pm ET. The webinar will provide detailed…
NLIHC is pleased to announce the release of the 2016 Advocates’ Guide: An Educational Primer on Federal Programs and Resources Related to Affordable Housing and Community Development. The…
Diane Yentel began her second stint at NLIHC on March 28, this time as incoming President and CEO. She will succeed Sheila Crowley on April 6. After 17 years and much success as President and CEO of…
NLIHC released a new report on March 24 titled The Gap: The Affordable Housing Gap Analysis, 2016 that documents a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available rental units for the nation’s 10.4…
NLIHC is hosting a special presentation by Matthew Desmond on his New York Times best-selling book: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City on April 28, from 9:30 to 11:30am ET at the…
On March 23, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Services Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced legislation to provide significant resources to end homelessness in the United States. The…
NLIHC has learned that an unfortunate provision in the Budget Control Act of 2011, the law that created the sequester, will take a 6.9% cut out of the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) and the…
On March 22, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing to examine whether government regulations impact the cost of producing affordable housing. Some hearing…
On March 21, Representative Steven Palazzo (R-MS) introduced the “Small Public Housing Agency Opportunity Act of 2016” (H.R. 4816). The bill allows for greater flexibility and some changes in…
