The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum for all federal department heads, instructing them on how to prepare their departments’ FY19 budgets. Memorandum M-17-28 requires FY19…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that he will keep the Senate in session for the first two weeks of August. The announcement comes as Senate Republicans face a long legislative…
Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY) introduced H.R. 3215 on July 12 to increase funding for the Public Housing Capital Fund to $5 billion annually, including $600 million each year to reduce lead…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, Urban Development and Related Agencies (THUD) voted on its FY18 spending bill on July 11. The bill next goes to the full House…
The full House Appropriations Committee voted on July 12 to report the FY18 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spending bill to the House. While the proposed bill rejects President Trump’s more…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) estimates President Trump’s budget proposal would allow HUD to increase rents for up to four million HUD-assisted low income families by an average…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will meet in open session on July 18 to consider three nominations to key positions at HUD:
Paul Compton, Jr., to general counsel;
Anna…
The spring 2017 issue of Shelterforce features a series of articles that examine the standard measure of housing affordability that a household should spend no more than 30% of its income on housing…
A report from Zillow, How to Save on Rent: Don’t Move, finds that renters who renew their lease typically pay less rent than those who move. In 2015, renters who moved in the past year paid 47% more…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will take place in Philadelphia the week of August 14-18. Pre-event registration is July 24. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding levels for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD will vote today on a draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 spending bill that…
The Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action, July 22-29, is active on social media. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and use the Facebook group page to share images, events, and planning…
