The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a webinar focused on protecting tenants in communities where their public housing is being converted to project-based vouchers (PBV) or Section 8…
Madeline McHale joins NLIHC as a Field Intern for the summer. Madeline is originally from Seattle, WA, but attends Connecticut College in New London, CT, where she is studying Sociology and Dance.…
Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) reintroduced the Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act. The bill, H.R. 328, was introduced on January 22 and has been referred to the House Committee…
The House Committee on Financial Services scheduled two hearings on the Federal Housing Administration’s financial situation. The first hearing, “FHA Financial Condition and its Role in the Housing…
The Senate approved the Super Storm Sandy supplemental appropriations bill by a vote of 62 to 36 on January 28. The $50.5 billion measure passed the House on January 15 by a vote of 241 to 180 (see…
HUD is soliciting public comments on the redesign of the American Housing Survey (AHS) for 2015, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register on February 1. HUD is specifically interested in…
The West Virginia Coalition to End Homelessness (WVCEH), which NLIHC welcomed as a state coalition partner in October 2012, has teamed with homeless service providers in that state to advance West…
NLIHC has updated our policy fact sheets for February 2013. These fact sheets summarize issues like the National Housing Trust fund, housing tax reform, vouchers, public and assisted housing…
The 2013 Assets and Opportunity Scorecard from the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED) reveals that 44% of households in the United States are “liquid asset poor.” Liquid asset poor…
The Poverty & Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) issued a review of HUD’s affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH) obligation to promote fair housing choice during the first term of the…
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…
