On July 9, White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shaun Donovan sent a letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair Thad Cochran (R-MS) regarding the Committee’s FY16…
In June, the House of Representatives approved FY16 spending bills for HUD and the Department of Justice with amendments that would prohibit the federal government from using its fair housing rules…
On July 7, Representative John Carney (D-DE) introduced H.R. 2953, a bill that would expand the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration by up to 60 public housing agencies and remove the cap on the number…
On June 13, the Minnesota legislature adjourned after completing a one-day special session called by Governor Mark Dayton (D). The budget bill passed during this brief session provides a $25.5…
An interim report on research done for HUD by Abt Associates finds that permanent housing subsidies improve housing stability, along with several other positive effects for homeless families. The…
Andrew Aurand joined NLIHC on July 6 as the new Vice President for Research. Andrew has extensive experience in research and affordable housing. He previously served as a faculty member in the…
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the much-awaited Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that is intended to improve compliance…
The Florida Housing Coalition (FHC), an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, and advocates across the state won a major budget victory with passage of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act on June 19.…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an Informational Bulletin on June 26 that provides information on how communities can…
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) prepared a summary of a HUD notice published in the Federal Register on June 3, requesting public comment regarding the interim Emergency Solutions…
NLIHC submitted comments on July 2 supporting HUD’s intention to amend the Fair Market Rent (FMR) regulations by replacing the 50th percentile program with Small Area FMRs (SAFMRs) in certain…
HUD has released its latest Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data. The five-year (2008-2012) data are used by state and local governments to examine housing need trends. The data…
