The House Financial Services Committee held an oversight hearing on October 12 to discuss current HUD activities and programming with HUD Secretary Ben Carson. Dr. Carson defended the administration’…
New York University’s Furman Center released their annual National Rental Housing Landscape report on October 5. The report looks at rental market data from 2006 to 2015 for the 53 largest…
As Detroit continues its economic turnaround, gradual rent increases are creating concerns about increasing renter displacement. To ensure the people of Detroit are able to continue to live in the…
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…
Take Action TODAY: Invite Your Lawmakers to Attend Congressional Briefing on Smart Tax Reform to Better Serve Homeowners and Renters
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN…
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on October 3 on sustainable housing finance. During the hearing, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Melvin Watt updated the committee…
The House of Representatives passed by a vote of 219-206 a budget resolution on October 5 that proposes massive cuts to crucial safety net programs to pay for increases in defense spending and tax…
Five former public housing residents settled fair housing complaints they filed with HUD related to the privatization and redevelopment of their Hopewell, VA public housing complex under the Rental…
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization published two documents that lead owners of HUD-insured and/or assisted multifamily affordable rental properties through the process of developing a preservation…
A working paper by Vincent Reina and Ben Winter, Safety Net? The Utility of Vouchers When a Place-Based Rental Subsidy Ends, examines the use of Tenant Protection Vouchers (TPVs) for low income…
The National Housing Law Project and the Housing Justice Network are hosting their 2017 National Meeting October 12-14 in Washington DC. During the conference, top legal experts, advocate leaders,…
Take Action TODAY: Tell your representative to vote NO on House budget that includes massive cuts to safety net programs!
The House of Representatives will vote this week on a budget resolution that…
