Congress Passes Opioid Legislation that Includes Housing Pilot Program to...
The Senate passed on October 3 a package of opioid legislation (H.R. 6) that includes a new pilot program to provide housing assistance to individuals recovering from substance-use disorders. The bill...
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Join the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign Today!
The upcoming year will be crucial to determining the future of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), the first new federal resource in a generation dedicated to building and preserving homes for the...
View ArticleCalifornia Enacts Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Law
California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on September 30 signed a fair housing bill (AB 686), sponsored by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago (D) of Los Angeles that will require California cities and counties...
View ArticleNLIHC Urges Advocates to Comment on HUD’s AFFH “Streamlining” Proposal
NLIHC urges advocates to submit comments in response to HUD’s intent to “streamline” the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. NLIHC encourages advocates to tell HUD to not change the AFFH...
View ArticleNational Housing Law Project Provides Fact Sheet about DHS Proposed Inclusion...
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) has prepared a fact sheet describing changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would add public housing, housing vouchers, and...
View ArticleHomeland Security Posts Draft Rule on “Public Charge”
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted the “public charge” notice of proposed rulemaking in the Special Filings section of the October 5 Federal Register Public Inspection page....
View ArticleNLIHC and Native American Partners Send Letter to HUD Urging Targeted Funding
Together with more than 40 Native American leaders and housing authorities, NLIHC sent a letter on October 1 to HUD that provides recommendations on how to target new competitive housing grants to...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Hurricane MichaelFloridaFEMAThe President approved Florida’s request for pre-landfall emergency declaration (EM-3405) for Hurricane Michael on October 9. Under the Title V of the Stafford Act, the...
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Join the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign!The upcoming year will be crucial to determining the future of the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), the first new federal resource in a generation...
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Hurricane Michael: Towards an Equitable Housing Recovery
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEONLIHC members, partners and friends,Floridians are just beginning to assess the damage caused by one of the strongest hurricanes in our country’s history. The...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Oklahoma Coalition for Affordable Housing Releases Report on...
The Oklahoma Coalition for Affordable Housing, an NLIHC state partner, recently released Oklahoma’s Affordable Housing Act Tax Credit- Economic Impact 9-2018. The report documents the results of an...
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Fact of the Week: Support for Mortgage Deduction Declines When People...
Source: Brian J. McCabe (2018): “Costly, Regressive, and Ineffective: How Sensitive is Public Support for the Mortgage Interest Deduction in the United States?,” Housing Policy Debate, DOI:...
View ArticleKnowing the Facts Decreases Public Support for the Mortgage Interest Deduction
A study by Brian McCabe, “Costly, Regressive, and Ineffective: How Sensitive Is Public Support for the Mortgage Interest Deduction in the United States,” published in Housing Policy Debate finds public...
View ArticleHUD Issues Notice Regarding Deadlines to Commit and Spend National Housing...
HUD issued Notice CPD-18-12 providing guidance to states regarding their statutory and regulatory obligations to “commit” and “expend” their national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocations within two and...
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New Podcast Episode: Mental Health Advocates Must Be Housing Advocates
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable housing campaign released its seventh podcast episode on October 10 highlighting the intersections between affordable housing and mental health....
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Our Homes, Our Votes Provides Nonpartisan Voter Education Resources
With less than a month until the mid-term elections, NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Voteshighlights resources on voter education. People vote when they feel informed and empowered to make good decisions. This...
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Sign On to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund
NLIHC is re-invigorating the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) campaign to bolster support for this first federal resource in a generation dedicated to building and preserving homes for the lowest...
View ArticleHousing Recovery Updates Related to the 2017 Disasters– October 15, 2018
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in...
View ArticleHousing Recovery Updates Related to the 2018 Disasters – October 15, 2018
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Florence and Michael since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in last week’s Memo, see 10/9)....
View ArticleHUD Offers “URA Overview,” the First in an Eight-Part Series
HUD will offer “URA the HUD Way,” a series of eight web-based modular trainings providing basic information and resources to HUD grantees and funding recipients on the Uniform Relocation Act (URA)...
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