Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), NLIHC, and the United for Homes campaign will hold a Congressional briefing on “#SmartTaxReform: Progressive and Conservative Approaches to Rebalancing…
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on October 3 on sustainable housing finance. During the hearing, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Melvin Watt updated the committee…
The House of Representatives passed by a vote of 219-206 a budget resolution on October 5 that proposes massive cuts to crucial safety net programs to pay for increases in defense spending and tax…
Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM) introduced legislation (S. 1895 and H.R. 3864) to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (…
Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) announced the committee will hold a hearing titled “The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Department of Housing and…
Five former public housing residents settled fair housing complaints they filed with HUD related to the privatization and redevelopment of their Hopewell, VA public housing complex under the Rental…
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization published two documents that lead owners of HUD-insured and/or assisted multifamily affordable rental properties through the process of developing a preservation…
A working paper by Vincent Reina and Ben Winter, Safety Net? The Utility of Vouchers When a Place-Based Rental Subsidy Ends, examines the use of Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) for low income…
The State of Maryland and HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity signed a Voluntary Compliance Agreement (VCA) concerning a Maryland policy that required a local jurisdiction’s approval…
The National Housing Law Project and the Housing Justice Network are hosting their 2017 National Meeting October 12-14 in Washington DC. During the conference, top legal experts, advocate leaders,…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of October 1:
“Millions to boost affordable housing needs in Orlando,” Orlando Sentinel, October 5, at: http…
