NLIHC and the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF), a group of more than 70 national organizations that educates and advocates for adequate federal funding for affordable…
In This Issue:
Fair Housing: Keeping Tenants Informed
Federal Budget Update
Residents Attend White House Convening
Recent Local Organizing Victories
Congratulations Delorise Calhoun…
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HUD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs Ann Marie Oliva issued a “SNAPS in Focus” message on July 25. Ms. Oliva stated that an array of projects serving people fleeing domestic violence are…
High voter turnout among low income renters and their allies will be critically important to making affordable housing a priority for both the next President and the new Congress. As Election Day…
The Urban Institute and the National Housing Conference partnered to create a new interactive online tool, The cost of affordable housing: Does it pencil out?, that allows users to explore the costs…
NLIHC is accepting resumes for fall 2016 internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with…
NLIHC will host a webinar for advocates and developers on Monday, August 15 at 12:30 pm ET on options and considerations related to financing and operating affordable housing for extremely…
Weeks after the House GOP released its blueprint for tax reform (See Memo, 6/27), Representative Jim Renacci (R-OH) released his own on July 14 in a white paper titled “Simplifying America’s Tax…
Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the “First-Time Homebuyer Credit Act of 2016” (S. 3175) on July 13. S. 3175 would allow first time buyers to receive a refundable…
HUD published a proposed rule to use Small Area Fair Market Rents (Small Area FMRs) instead of 50th Percentile FMRs as a means to deconcentrate the use of Housing Choice vouchers in select…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued guidance regarding Housing Choice voucher (HCV) portability and the ability of voucher holders to rent a home anywhere there is a public housing…
