House Financial Services Committee Chair Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) and Representative John Delaney (D-MD) released on September 6, a discussion draft of the latest attempt to reform the housing finance…
Low income renters register to vote and go to polls at dramatically lower rates than higher income homeowners. This disparity can—and must—be addressed through active nonpartisan voter registration…
The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) released "Rental Housing for a 21st Century Rural America: A Platform for Preservation" on September 6. The report examines the current state and future prospects…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a policy paper, Federal Policy Changes Can Help More Families with Housing Vouchers Live in Higher-Opportunity Areas. The paper offers four…
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a field hearing on August 25 to discuss “Overcrowded Housing and the Impacts on American Indian and Alaska Natives.” Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) represented…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance will hold a hearing on the cost of regulations on affordable multifamily development. The hearing will take place on September 5 at…
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing titled “A Failure to Act: How a Decade without GSE Reform Has Once Again Put Taxpayers at Risk.” The hearing will take place on September 6…
NLIHC joined a coalition letter opposing provisions in the House’s version of the 2018 farm bill that would cut SNAP food benefits, while expanding SNAP work requirements and imposing lifetime bans…
Illinois Democratic U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin sent a letter asking HUD Secretary Ben Carson to report on his agency’s plan to address the serious problems at public housing…
HUD’s Office Community Planning and Development (CPD) published Notice CPD-18-10, suspending the requirement that participating jurisdictions (PJs) commit their HOME Investment Partnerships Program (…
A report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Could Do More to Expand Opportunity for Poor Families, finds that Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) housing…
House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) introduced the “Restoring Fair Housing Protections Eliminated by HUD Act of 2018” (H.R. 6220) on June 26. The proposal to…
