FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, March 21, 2013CONTACT: Amy Clark, [email protected], 202.662.1530 x227National Poll Finds Majority of Americans Favor Changes to MID to Fund Affordable Housing, End…
In the two weeks since the implementation of sequestration, plans from the Administration on how cuts will be exacted and the potential impacts of the cuts have slowly emerged. During the week of…
During the week of March 11, Congress alternated between working on FY13 appropriations and the FY14 budget resolution, taking both positive and problematic steps forward in determining HUD and USDA…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) held a hearing on March 14 on HUD and Department of Transportation (DOT) management…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs will hold a March 19 hearing on bipartisan solutions for housing finance reform. The hearing’s witnesses will be former HUD Secretary and…
Legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate on March 12 to make participation in the American Community Survey (ACS) voluntary. Census research shows that a voluntary ACS would be more…
Top Democrats on the House Committee on Financial Services reintroduced a bill designed to “strengthen FHA and to help ensure its long-term solvency.” House Committee on Financial Services Ranking…
The House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing, “Sustainable Housing Finance: An Update from the Federal Housing Finance Agency on the GSE Conservatorships,” on March 19.The hearing…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies held a hearing, “Sandy Disaster Relief and Recovery,” on March 15. The hearing’s witnesses…
The Virginia General Assembly wrapped up its legislative session in February with exciting news for housing advocates as the House and Senate reached a compromise on critical funding for affordable…
DESC, a Seattle-based provider of supportive housing and clinical services for chronically homeless men and women, and Pathways to Housing, a national organization providing immediate, independent…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition released Out of Reach 2013 on March 11. The report shows that rents continue to rise across the country as wages remain stagnant. This year, a household…
