The National Coalition for the Homeless, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and the National Network for Youth are sponsoring the…
Welcome to these new members who joined in October 2013:Joseph Clark, Birmingham, ALZebulun Farrell, Apex, NCSara Kimberlin, San Francisco, CAChristina King, Columbus, OHLifeSTEPS, Inc., Fair Oaks,…
Senate Republicans have blocked the vote on President Barack Obama’s nomination of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency. On October 31, the Senate voted 56 to…
Sheila Crowley, the President and CEO of NLIHC, will testify before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Thursday, November 7 at the committee’s seventh hearing on federal…
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held its fourth and fifth hearings on housing finance reform during the week of October 28. The first, “Essentials of a Functioning Housing…
On October 30, the Budget Conference Committee held its first meeting to begin negotiations on the federal spending amount for FY14, which began on October 1, 2013. The committee has until December…
On October 29, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs approved by voice vote President Obama’s nomination of Dr. Katherine O’Regan to be HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Policy…
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “The Federal Housing Administration (FHA): Implications of a $1.7 Billion Taxpayer Bailout” on October 29 with FHA Commissioner Carol…
The House of Representatives approved by voice vote the Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act, H.R. 1742, on October 24. The measure, introduced by Representative Joseph Heck (R-NV), was brought…
Thank you to everyone who reached out to their Senators and urged an up/down vote on the nomination of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) as the next director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA…
Statement by National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Sheila Crowley on Senate Republicans Blocking Representative Watt's Confirmation as FHFA DirectorToday, a minority of U.S.…
Sign letters urging Congress to reject harmful spending cuts to important federal programs that serve low income families
Tight federal spending caps in FY18 will impose deep cuts to important…
