The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted on January 17 to recommend two nominees for HUD assistant secretary positions. The nominees are Brian Montgomery for HUD assistant…
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) posted Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the January 5 Federal Register notice suspending most local governments’ obligation under the…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2018-01 on January 17 providing guidance regarding the provisions of the Small Area Fair Market Rent (Small Area FMR or SAFMR) rule.…
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt sent a letter and an accompanying report to the Senate Banking Committee on January 16 to provide the agency’s perspective on housing finance…
A study by Megan Sandel, Richard Sheward, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, and others published in Pediatrics, “Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families,” finds that housing…
A paper by The Urban Institute, Work Requirements in Public Housing Authorities, examines work requirements for public housing and housing choice voucher (HCVs). The large majority of families…
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is seeking to reduce public assistance for low income people in Wisconsin and to increase barriers to accessing the support they need. Mr. Walker is calling a…
Charlie Cook
NLIHC’s 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement taking place in Washington, DC, March 19-21, 2018, will feature Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of The Cook Political…
Congress remains at an impasse over how to fund the federal government for FY18, creating the possibility of a government shutdown when the current stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing…
Due to unintended impacts from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” signed into law in December, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have announced they will likely need an advance from the U.S.…
An article by Jeff Larrimore and Jenny Schuetz published by the Federal Reserve, Assessing the Severity of Rent Burden on Low-Income Families, found that the lowest income renters, after paying their…
A report by NYU’s Furman Center, “How Do Small Area Fair Market Rents Affect the Location and Number of Units Affordable to Voucher Holders,” found that use of Small Area fair market rents (FMRs)…
