The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on Thursday to discuss “Individual Tax Reform.” Several witnesses spoke about the need to reform the mortgage interest deduction (MID) - a $70 billion tax…
The House passed its FY18 omnibus spending package on September 14 by a largely party-line vote of 211-198. The spending package, which includes funding for affordable housing and community…
President Trump has nominated Brian Montgomery to be the HUD assistant secretary for housing and commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (HFA). Mr. Montgomery previously served in this…
President Trump has nominated Robert Hunter Kurtz to be the assistant secretary for Public and Indian Housing. Mr. Kurtz is currently the deputy chief of staff for policy and programs at HUD in the…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a critique of HUD’s suspension of the obligation that public housing agencies (PHAs) in 23 metropolitan areas begin using Small Area Fair…
The U.S. Census Bureau released two annual reports on income and poverty on September 12. Income and Poverty in the United States: 2016 shows that median household income increased by 3.2% between…
Some Democratic members of the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt, urging them to address the…
Victory! After a long campaign over the past several years, California’s advocacy groups focused on expanding affordable homes have much to celebrate in Sacramento. On the last day of the 2017…
Housing advocates in New Jersey continue to advance a bold campaign to expand and restore state programs that build affordable homes, address homelessness, and revitalize neighborhoods. The Build a…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will take place in Washington, DC the week of December 11-15. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
New York Association on Independent Living Statewide Conference in Troy,…
