The annual budget prepared by the Office of Management and Budget includes a report on the estimated cost of tax expenditures for the immediate past year and ten years going forward. Federal law…
President Barack Obama delivered his FY17 budget request to Congress on February 9. The request is the first formal action toward completing FY17 appropriations bills before the October 1 start of…
Despite promises and pleas for “regular order” in the annual budget process by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), House Republicans’ most conservative wing, the House Freedom Caucus, is…
The HOME Coalition, an advocacy group of 25 affordable housing organizations including NLIHC, is circulating a sign-on letter to appropriators in the House and Senate urging them to restore funding…
On February 8, Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) introduced the “Renters Fairness and Equality Act,” H.R. 4494, to allow tax filers to deduct from their incomes the rent they paid or accrued on…
On February 4, Representative Phil Roe (R-TN) introduced the “Fairness in Public Housing Act of 2016,” H.R. 4485, to “ensure that public housing dwelling units are occupied by low income families.”…
On February 11, Edward Golding, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the HUD Office of Housing, testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance on the…
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has proposed an anti-poverty plan, referred to as the “10-20-30” plan, that would use 10% of program funding in counties where poverty rates have persistently…
On February 10, Representatives Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Joe Crowley (D-NY), along with 12 other House Democrats, sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requesting that the agency modify…
The first webinar in NLIHC’s 2016 Voterization series, “Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges of Voter Registration,” will be presented on Wednesday, February 17 at 2:00pm ET. Throughout…
A report by David Cooper of the Economic Policy Institute, titled Balancing Paychecks and Public Assistance: How Higher Wages Would Strengthen What Government Can Do, finds that raising the federal…
Revived and Discouraged: Evaluating Employment Barriers for Section 3 Residents With Criminal Records by Rebecca J. Walter, Michael Caudy, and James V. Ray explores the challenges Section 3-eligible…
