Disaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Hurricane FlorenceGeneralEarly estimates of property damage from Hurricane Florence range between $17 billion and $22 billion, but could be higher depending on flooding. Solomon Towers, a public...
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GeneralNLIHC has updated our estimates of affordable homes at risk of damage or destruction from Hurricane Florence or the resulting flooding. The full analysis is here:...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Housing Action IL Voter Registration: Modest Tactic, Big Results
NLIHC state partner Housing Action Illinois and 20 other groups were awarded a small grant this summer to engage in nonpartisan voter registration ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. If each...
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Fact of the Week: High Percentage of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Extremely...
Source: NLIHC tabulation of CHAS 2011-2015 data.
View ArticleThe U.S. Government Accountability Office Reviews Cost-Efficiency of Housing...
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report analyzing variations in development costs for Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects, recommending policy solutions to increase...
View ArticleHUD Offers Webinar to Discuss Preservation of Pre-1974 Section 202 Direct...
HUD will conduct a 90-minute webinar on preservation options for pre-1974 Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Direct Loan properties. The webinar, to be held on October 9 at 2:00 p.m. ET, is...
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Legally Speaking, Nonprofits Can – and Should - Engage in Nonpartisan Voter...
Affordable homes are built with ballots as much as with bricks and drywall. Advocates for expanded housing affordability, including low income renters, need to be a significant voting bloc because...
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NLIHC Members Open the Door to Equitable Disaster Housing Recovery for Those...
NLIHC members made it possible for NLIHC to respond swiftly to the 2017 hurricanes and wildfires with the establishment of the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) - now consisting of more than...
View ArticleCongress Nears Deadline to Pass FY19 THUD Spending Bill
The House and Senate continue to negotiate a final deal on a four-bill spending package (“minibus”) that includes the FY19 Transportation-HUD (THUD) and Agriculture spending bills. Several issues are...
View ArticleHouse Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Oversight of Public Housing in Cairo,...
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance will hold a hearing on a recent HUD Inspector General (IG) report on HUD’s oversight of the Alexander County Housing Authority (ACHA)...
View ArticleAdditional 2017 Disaster Housing Recovery Updates
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the 2017 California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners...
View ArticleHurricane Florence Disaster Housing Recovery Updates
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricane Florence from the past week. NLIHC also posts this information at On the Home Front.GeneralNLIHC’s updated estimates...
View ArticleStates and Virgin Islands Seek Public Comments on Amendments to Disaster...
Agencies in both the U.S. Virgin Islands and Texas opened the period for public comment on proposed amendments to their State Action Plans for distributing Community Development Block Grant-Disaster...
View ArticleHouse Committee to Hold Hearing on GSE Reform
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s role as conservator and regulator of the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs)” on...
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Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Steering Committee Urges Congress to...
The Steering Committee of the Opportunity Starts at Homemulti-sector affordable housing campaign sent a letter on September 20 urging Congress to include in its final Transportation, Housing and Urban...
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Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign Holds Inaugural Roundtable Meeting
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable housing campaign hosted its first Opportunity Roundtable meeting on September 18. Representatives from 70 organizations from many different...
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Take Action! Urge Congress to Protect Low Income Survivors of Hurricane...
Congress is moving quickly to enact legislation that would directly impact disaster recovery efforts for low income survivors of Hurricane Florence and future disasters. While we applaud Congress’s...
View ArticleSenator Warren Introduces a Visionary Housing Bill
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow,Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will introduce an ambitious proposal – the “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018” – to help end housing poverty and...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Hurricane FlorenceNorth CarolinaFEMAFEMA has approved 10,417 Individual Assistance (IA) applications and $33.24 million total for Individual and Households programs (IHP). Dollars or applications...
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Fact of the Week: Households Living in Poverty Have Significantly Less Access...
Source: American Housing Survey, 2017
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