NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD’s draft Operations Notice for Expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program (see Memo, 5/8). NLIHC conveyed strong opposition to the inclusion of…
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 allocations of state-by-state funding levels for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) from the…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued the HTF IDIS User Manual for Grantees to show national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) state grantees how to set up, fund, draw funds for, and…
Representative Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the “Second Chance Act of 2007” on June 13. If passed, this legislation would continue targeted funding for 5…
A report from the Urban Institute, Why Does Cash Welfare Depend on Where You Live? How and Why State TANF Programs Vary explores state variation in Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)—a…
After a tense state legislative session, a $46 billion budget has passed in Minnesota with $77 million in bond funding for housing and more than $5 million in expanded support for homeless programs.…
President Donald Trump’s FY18 budget proposal would eliminate funding to the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). NLIHC urges all organizations concerned about homelessness and the lack of affordable…
Five civil rights organizations representing three plaintiffs sued HUD because it suspended for two years implementation of the Small Area Fair Market Rent rule (see Memo, 8/21/17). As the…
An analysis conducted by Jae Sik Jeon featured in Shelterforce shows that the implementation of Small Area Fair Market Rents (FMRs) in the Washington, DC metropolitan area would increase the supply…
Amidst growing concerns about housing affordability and residential displacement, Newark NJ Mayor Ras Baraka signed two key affordable housing ordinances into law on October 12th. Ironbound Community…
The NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) comes to Washington, DC the week of December 11-15. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing; housing…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Texas Association of CDC Policy Summit, Austin, TX, on November 1…
