The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on sustainable housing finance. During the hearing, Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Melvin Watt will update the committee on the…
The Senate Budget Committee will debate and vote on its FY18 budget resolution October 4-5. The resolution, released on September 29, sets topline spending levels at $549 billion for defense and $516…
Republican leaders in the Senate canceled a vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after determining the bill did not have enough support to pass. The decision was…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing on September 27 examining HUD’s Family Self-Sufficiency program (FSS). While the FSS program was praised as a success…
HUD will release an updated version of the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) data and mapping tool (AFFH-T) on September 29. AFFH-T Release 4.1 will include functionalities for public…
The National Housing Conference released its 2017 edition of Paycheck to Paycheck on September 27. This year’s report examines housing affordability for healthcare workers in 203 metropolitan areas.…
The 2017 Distressed Communities Index by the Economic Innovation Group highlights the health consequences of economic disparity between communities. The report determined the economic strength of U.S…
The Massachusetts-based Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), an NLIHC state partner, hosted its third annual Housing Day at the State House in Boston on September 14. The group…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) in Washington, DC December 11-15 will offer a mid-week symposium, “Pathways Out of Poverty: Investing In Independence, Keeping the Pathways Open,” on…
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,…
Enterprise Community Partners released a data tool for measuring neighborhood opportunity on September 26. The tool, called Opportunity360, allows users to access a wide range of economic, housing,…
House Republican leaders plan to release details of their tax reform plan this week. In recent weeks, White House officials have suggested that their tax plan may include changes to the mortgage…
