HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) now has a mobile application (app) for submitting a housing discrimination complaint. The app provides information about housing rights and…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued Information Memorandum (IM) TANF-ACF-IM-2013-01 on February 20, which urges jurisdictions administering Temporary Assistance for Needy Family…
As Connecticut braces for sequestration, Governor Dannel Malloy (D) proposed that the State’s biennial budget include an additional $217.5 million for the creation and renovation of affordable and…
NLIHC’s latest Housing Spotlight provides new evidence of the deepening housing shortage nationwide. In 2011, the number of extremely low income (ELI) renter households, with incomes at or below 30%…
NLIHC’s Policy Fact Sheets have been updated for March. Fact sheets provide the latest summaries of a variety of issues, including those on appropriations, the National Housing Trust Fund, vouchers,…
NLIHC is pleased to announce that Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jeff Larson of ProPublica will receive the 2013 Media Award for the series, “Living Apart: Fair Housing in America.” The NLIHC Media Award…
February 28, 2013CONTACT: Amy Clark, [email protected], 206.240.3284AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING SHORTAGE IMPACTS EVERY STATE IN THE NATIONMillions of Americans will be writing their rent checks tomorrow.…
February 25, 2013Contact: Amy Clark, [email protected], 202.662.1530 x227HUD REPORTS RECORD INCREASE IN HOUSING UNAFFORDABILTY FOR LOW INCOME RENTERS Low income…
Congress and the nation moved closer to the implementation of sequestration during the week of February 18 as the House and Senate stood in recess. Sequestration of discretionary funds, an across-the…
While the nation awaits Congressional action on sequestration, appropriators are proactively addressing the expiration of the continuing resolution (CR) on March 27. The federal government is…
