NLIHC will host a Twitter chat on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 2:00 pm EST to discuss the findings from its newly released reports, The GAP: Affordable Housing Gap Analysis 2016 and Out of Reach 2016.…
The Democratic National Committee's (DNC) drafting committee voted on its draft 2016 party platform on Friday, after having received testimony from 114 people during two recent public hearings and…
NLIHC has updated its national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) website, http://nhtf.org, with state-specific information on HTF allocation plans. Each state page identifies the HTF advocacy point person and…
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an oversight hearing on June 22 to address the issue of accessibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Rural Development programs to native…
Given Congress’s inability to move all twelve federal spending bills, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) stated that Congress will have to pass a stopgap spending measure, known as a continuing…
Fifteen individuals were selected to serve as members of the new Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration Advisory Committee. The “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2016” requires HUD to establish a…
HUD recently announced three actions relating to Native Americans: the release of an improved Tribal government-to-government consultation policy, the release of a draft plan to establish a Tribal…
The Los Angeles City Council voted to place an affordable housing ballot initiative before voters in November. Voters will decide whether proposed developments will receive allowances for exceeding…
The Coalition on Human Needs, in conjunction with cosponsors including NLIHC, hosted a Congressional briefing Thursday, June 16 entitled “What Works - and What Doesn’t - to Reduce Poverty and Expand…
During Senate consideration of the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill, several senators filed amendments that would undermine the Fair Housing Act and…
HUD has made two amendments to the current interim Continuum of Care (CoC) program regulations. One amendment allows individuals and families to choose to live outside of a CoC’s geographic area…
New Hampshire housing advocates, including Housing Action NH, an NLIHC state partner, are celebrating a vote by the State Legislature for a $2 million appropriation for supportive housing for people…
