Despite promises and pleas for “regular order” in the annual budget process by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), House Republicans’ most conservative wing, the House Freedom Caucus, is…
The HOME Coalition, an advocacy group of 25 affordable housing organizations including NLIHC, is circulating a sign-on letter to appropriators in the House and Senate urging them to restore funding…
On February 8, Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) introduced the “Renters Fairness and Equality Act,” H.R. 4494, to allow tax filers to deduct from their incomes the rent they paid or accrued on…
On February 4, Representative Phil Roe (R-TN) introduced the “Fairness in Public Housing Act of 2016,” H.R. 4485, to “ensure that public housing dwelling units are occupied by low income families.”…
On February 11, Edward Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the HUD Office of Housing, testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance on the…
On February 10, Representatives Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Joe Crowley (D-NY), along with 12 other House Democrats, sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting that the agency modify…
The first webinar in NLIHC’s 2016 Voterization series, “Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges of Voter Registration,” will be presented on Wednesday, February 17 at 2:00pm ET. Throughout…
A report by David Cooper of the Economic Policy Institute, titled Balancing Paychecks and Public Assistance: How Higher Wages Would Strengthen What Government Can Do, finds that raising the federal…
Revived and Discouraged: Evaluating Employment Barriers for Section 3 Residents With Criminal Records by Rebecca J. Walter, Michael Caudy, and James V. Ray explores the challenges Section 3-eligible…
Help Ensure THUD Appropriations Subcommittees Have Highest Possible Funding for Housing Programs in FY17!
Groups concerned about transportation, housing, community development, and homelessness are…
President Barack Obama’s FY17 budget request seeks a long-overdue, significant investment in federal efforts to end homelessness for all families by 2020. For FY17, HUD is asking Congress to provide…
