The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, an NLIHC State Coalition Partner, joined other organizations in hosting a town hall meeting with Representative Robert Andrews (D-NJ) on…
A new report, Getting Home: Outcomes from Housing High Cost Homeless Hospital Patients, published by the Economic Roundtable, shows that placing high cost homeless hospital patients into permanent…
Mitch Peterson has joined NLIHC as a communications intern. While in college Mitch participated in Habitat for Humanity and interned at MAPLight, a nonprofit that shed light on the connection between…
The United for Homes campaign has released a two-minute video titled “The Solution.” The animated video explains the nationwide shortage of affordable housing, and how the campaign proposal to fund…
This is an update provided following the government shutdown. HUD’s Largest Programs Funded for October, After Which Uncertainty ReignsLast night, Congress failed to provide FY14 funding for the…
WASHINGTON – Sheila Crowley, President and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, issued the following statement on President Obama’s housing speech in Phoenix: Today President Barack…
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chair Thomas Carper (D-DE) introduced S. 1398, legislation intended to expedite the sale of surplus federal properties, on July 30. The…
On July 30, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE) introduced S. 1387, the Housing Assistance for Veterans (HAVEN) Act. The bill would authorize a five year $20 million grant…
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced legislation that would make the 9% low income housing tax credit’s (LIHTC) fixed floor rate permanent for new construction and substantial rehabilitation…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) issued Notice H 2013-21, allowing owners of HUD-assisted private properties to voluntarily adopt admission preferences for homeless families…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued two notices on August 1. Notice PIH 2013-18 provides guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) on the process for review and approval of…
