The U.S Senate and House of Representatives are still trying to negotiate a final FY16 omnibus appropriations bill, but controversial policy riders remain the sticking point. After seeing an omnibus…
Four housing bills were included in a sprawling highway bill passed by the House and Senate on December 3 and sent to President Barack Obama for his signature. The housing bills, each of which passed…
The House Committee on Financial Services will mark up H.R. 3700, the “Housing Opportunity through Modernization Act of 2015,” on December 8. The bill includes reforms to voucher inspections,…
HUD has amended the definition of “tuition” to be used when determining income eligibility for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Project-based Section 8, and Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation…
On November 20, HUD released a proposed rule that would allow transgender people or those who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth to access HUD-supported programs, benefits,…
Source: Economic Policy Institute (2015). Raising the minimum wage to $12 by 2020 would lift wages for 35 million American workers. Washington, DC: Author.
On November 24, HUD published in the Federal Register its annual list of Difficult Development Areas (DDAs) and Qualified Census Tracts (QCTs), which are used in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (…
Housing advocates in Pennsylvania have much to celebrate after securing an ongoing source of revenue for their state housing trust fund. On November 4, Governor Tom Wolf (D) signed legislation to…
A report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates that raising the federal minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2020 would increase the wages of 35.1 million workers. The “Raise the Wage Act of…
The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2010-2014 five-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates on December 3. The ACS is an annual nationwide survey of approximately 3.5 million households that…
AARP, AARP Foundation, Home Matters® and Wells Fargo Housing Foundation announced on December 4 a new nationwide design challenge entitled “Re-defining Home: Home Today, Home Tomorrow.” The…
Nonprofit VOTE will hold an hour-long webinar on Thursday, December 10 at 2pm ET to discuss their new report entitled Engaging New Voters: The Impact of Nonprofit Voter Outreach on Client and…
