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April 15, 2019

Fact of the Week: Racial and Ethnic Minorities Make Up Majority of Extremely Low-Income Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Renters

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2017 ACS PUMS data.  NLIHC’s The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes Extremely Low-Income (ELI): At or below the poverty line or 30% of area median income (AMI);…

May 10, 2019

Fact of the Week: Expansion of Housing Vouchers Would Have Greatest Impact on Reducing Child Poverty Among Eight Possible Interventions

Memo to Members

​The proposals’ combined impact is a 57.1% reduction in the supplemental child poverty rate, less than the sum of the individual policy changes because the same child can benefit from more than one…

May 20, 2019

Fact of the Week: U.S. Spends Far Less on Housing Assistance as a Percent of GDP than other Developed Countries

Memo to Members

​ OECD: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

June 10, 2019

Fact of the Week: Census 2020 Could Undercount Millions of Minorities, Overcount Whites

Memo to Members

June 17, 2019

Fact of the Week: Seven of the Ten Occupations Projected to Grow the Most Do Not Pay Enough to Cover the Rent

Memo to Members

Source: NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019. Housing Wages based on HUD fair market rents.  Employment projections from BLS Employment Projections Program. Occupational wages from May 2018 Occupational…

June 24, 2019

Fact of the Week: Costs of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Grown Dramatically in Last Four Decades

Memo to Members

​ Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2019). U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters 

August 19, 2019

Fact of the Week: African American and Latino Households are Disproportionately Severely Housing Cost-Burdened

Memo to Members

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July 15, 2019

Fact of the Week: High-Growth Metro Areas Experience Greatest Share of Loss of Multifamily Rentals Affordable to Very Low-Income Households

Memo to Members

Source:  Freddie Mac Multifamily Research Center 2019.

September 9, 2019

Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 34

Memo: Presidential Debates, WH Housing Finance Reform, and More

September 16, 2019

Senate Approves Topline Funding Allocations for Fiscal Year 2020

Memo to Members

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved on September 12 the topline funding numbers, known as 302(b) allocations, for each of the twelve spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The…

September 16, 2019

House of Representatives Passes Bill Requiring Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Federally Subsidized Housing

Memo to Members

The “Carbon Monoxide Alarms Leading Every Resident To Safety Act (CO ALERTS Act)” (H.R. 1690) introduced by Representative Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL) unanimously passed the House on September 10.…

September 16, 2019

Trump Administration Officials Testify on Housing Finance Reform Before Senate Committee

Memo to Members

Three Trump administration officials testified before the Senate Banking Committee on September 10 about the White House’s plan for housing finance reform. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, HUD…

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