More than 1,000 national, state, and local organizations have signed onto NLIHC’s letter urging Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), which President Trump proposed to…
NLIHC’s A Rare Occurrence: The Geography and Race of Mortgages Over $500,000 report was published in November 2015 but it remains relevant today. The report reveals that only 5% of the mortgages…
On June 13, Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Jack Reed (D-RI), along with original cosponsors Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), introduced the Family Self Sufficiency Act (FSS…
Today, June 19, NLIHC will host a Senate briefing on the 2017 Out of Reach report and federal policy solutions to the growing affordable rental housing crisis. NLIHC encourages advocates to invite…
NLIHC submitted a letter responding to a HUD request in a Federal Register notice dated May 15, 2017 seeking suggestions for regulations “that may be outdated, ineffective, or exceedingly burdensome…
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued Notice CPD-17-6 encouraging CPD formula grantees to undertake comprehensive pre-disaster planning to be prepared to use CPD funds for…
President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Amy Cantu Thompson as HUD assistant secretary for public affairs. Ms. Thompson currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary for public…
In a new report by Enterprise Community Partners, Public Benefit from Publicly Owned Parcels: Effective Practices in Affordable Housing Development, Michael Spotts, Ahmad Abu-Khalaf, and Genevieve…
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will take place in Philadelphia the week of August 14-18. The NTI offers more than 100 course in affordable housing development and financing; housing…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Aubrey Kearney as one of our summer policy interns. Aubrey is currently a graduate student at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-…
NLIHC is accepting applications for internship positions for the fall 2017 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at or attending the following events in the coming months:
Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND)’s Annual…