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March 6, 2017

Massive Shortage of Affordable and Available Housing for America’s Lowest Income Households

Memo to Members

NLIHC released its new report, The GAP: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, on March 2. The report finds a shortage of 7.4 million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low income (ELI)…

March 6, 2017

GAO Report Describes Role of LIHTC Syndicators

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report describing the characteristics and role of syndicators in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) market from 2005 through 2014. An…

March 6, 2017

Fact of The Week: Only 35 Affordable and Available Rental Homes Exist for Every 100 Lowest Income Households

Memo to Members

AMI=Area Median Income Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2015 ACS PUMS data.

March 6, 2017

From the Field: Hawaii Legislators Work to Block Expanded Inclusionary Zoning in Honolulu

The City of Honolulu and Hawaii state legislators are battling over a more ambitious city-wide inclusionary zoning policy announced by Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell (D) during his State of the City…

March 6, 2017

NLIHC in the News for the Week of February 26

The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of February 26: “Ben Carson wins Senate confirmation as housing secretary,” Fox News, March 2 at: http://fxn.…

March 13, 2014

New USDA Minimum Rent Policy Would Hurt Nation’s Lowest Income Households

President Barack Obama’s budget request for Rural Development, within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), includes a new minimum rent policy for the program’s lowest income households. The…

June 19, 2017

Memo to Members | Volume 22, Issue 23

April 25, 2016

Point of View by Diane Yentel

Memo to Members, Point of View

Many of you may remember Sheila Crowley's weekly “Point of View” column in Memo to Members. For those of us working on housing policy in the late 1990's and early 2000's, it was essential reading.…

June 18, 2017

Lawmakers Call for Study on Improved Practices for Counting Disaster-Related Mortalities

Representative Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced companion bills in the Senate and House of Representatives to required FEMA to conduct a study and report on best…

March 2, 2017

NLIHC Statement on the Confirmation of Dr. Ben Carson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Washington, DC – Today, in response to the confirmation of Dr. Ben Carson as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)…

March 2, 2017

Study Shows Massive Shortage of Affordable and Available Housing for Lowest Income Households in America

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The GAP: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, a new report released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), finds a shortage of 7.4 million affordable and available…

March 4, 2014

President Releases FY15 Budget Request for HUD and Rural Housing Service

President Attempts to Maintain and Even Increase Rental Housing Resources but Proposes Harmful Policy for Poorest Rural Housing Residents Today, March 4, President Barack Obama sent his fiscal year…

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