The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was the focus of a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on February 28. Dubbed the second part of a hearing held by the committee in…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises will hold a hearing, “Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: How Government Housing Policy Failed Homeowners and…
Bill on Homeless Veteran Definition ReintroducedSenator Mark Begich (D-AK) introduced S. 287, legislation to expand the definition of homelessness for veterans, on February 12. This is a…
HUD is now expected to release the full version of its Worst Case Housing Needs 2011 Report to Congress in April. HUD issued an executive summary of this report on February 22 (see Memo, 2/22), which…
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) now has a mobile application (app) for submitting a housing discrimination complaint. The app provides information about housing rights and…
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued Information Memorandum (IM) TANF-ACF-IM-2013-01 on February 20, which urges jurisdictions administering Temporary Assistance for Needy Family…
As Connecticut braces for sequestration, Governor Dannel Malloy (D) proposed that the State’s biennial budget include an additional $217.5 million for the creation and renovation of affordable and…
NLIHC’s latest Housing Spotlight provides new evidence of the deepening housing shortage nationwide. In 2011, the number of extremely low income (ELI) renter households, with incomes at or below 30%…
NLIHC’s Policy Fact Sheets have been updated for March. Fact sheets provide the latest summaries of a variety of issues, including those on appropriations, the National Housing Trust Fund, vouchers,…
NLIHC is pleased to announce that Nikole Hannah-Jones and Jeff Larson of ProPublica will receive the 2013 Media Award for the series, “Living Apart: Fair Housing in America.” The NLIHC Media Award…
February 28, 2013CONTACT: Amy Clark, [email protected], 206.240.3284AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING SHORTAGE IMPACTS EVERY STATE IN THE NATIONMillions of Americans will be writing their rent checks tomorrow.…
