HUD has submitted a notice of proposed information collection requirements for public housing authorities to obtain criminal conviction records from law enforcement agencies to screen out or evict…
The Louisiana Housing Alliance (LHA), an NLIHC state coalition partner, hosted its annual State Housing and Homelessness Conference in Baton Rouge on April 13-15. For the first time, LHA expanded the…
The National LGBTQ Task Force and True Colors Fund have released an on-line resource titled “At the Intersections: A Collaborative Resource on LGBTQ Youth Homelessness” that provides a comprehensive…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) takes place August 8-12 in Detroit, MI. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing, housing asset…
The long-awaited NHTF Allocation Plan guidance from HUD was posted as Notice CPD-16-07 on April 28. The seven-page Notice primarily restates the interim regulations, with a few exceptions. …
NLIHC has produced a Model NHTF Allocation Plan for advocates to consider when engaging their state NHTF entity. NLIHC has also established an advisory group of affordable housing developers who have…
The Senate seemed poised to begin considering the FY17 THUD spending bill (S. 2844) last week until an amendment related to the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal was offered during debate of the FY17 Energy and…
Republican members of the House Budget Committee continued to discuss ways to move forward its FY17 budget resolution but did not appear closer to gaining enough support to pass one on the House…
Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced the “Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2016” (H.R. 5085) that would take significant steps…
On April 28, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) and the Congressional Homelessness Caucus hosted a Hill briefing to highlight NAEH’s recently released The State of Homelessness in…
In an effort to reduce housing and employment barriers for justice-involved youth, HUD and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced $1.75 million in grants to public housing agencies (PHAs) that…
After both Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Secretary Hillary Clinton visited New York public housing and detailed the affordable housing policies they would pursue as President, advocates sent…
