HUD Sends Section 3 Streamlined Proposed Rule to OIRA for Review
HUD has sent to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a proposed rule to streamline the Section 3 requirements. The listing on an OIRA...
View ArticleHUD Publishes MTW Waivers Appendix, NLIHC’s Preliminary Assessment Reveals...
The Appendix that was missing from the modified Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Operations Notice published on October 5 (see Memo, 10/9) was included in a “Republication” on October 11. The...
View Article‘Public Charge’ Draft Rule Formally Published in Federal Register
As anticipated (see Memo10/9), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) formally published its draft “public charge” rule in the Federal Register on October 10. Comments are due December...
View ArticleNew Report on Preservation & Neighborhood Opportunity in the Low-Income...
A joint report calls for a bold vision for housing policy and a new path to housing stability for low income and vulnerable families.Washington, DC - The National Low Income Housing Coalition and the...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Hurricane MichaelMore than 1,100 people are still missing following Hurricane Michael’s landfall last week. Most of those missing are from Panama City, many of whom are older, have a disability, or are...
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Fact of the Week: Nearly Half a Million Low Income Housing Tax Credit Homes...
Source: NLIHC and PAHRC, 2018
View ArticleExisting Source-of-Income Non-Discrimination Laws Protect Only One in Three...
A report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), Prohibiting Discrimination Against Renters Using Housing Vouchers Improves Results, finds that only one out of three housing voucher...
View ArticleReport Finds Rapid Re-housing Is an Effective Low-Cost Intervention to...
In the report titled Rapid Re-housing’s Role in Responding to Homelessness, the Urban Institute reviews literature on the effectiveness of rapid re-housing. A short-term, crisis-response program, rapid...
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NLIHC and PAHRC Issue New Report on ‘Year 30’ and on Balancing Preservation...
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released a new report on October 17 titled Balancing Priorities: Preservation and Neighborhood Opportunity in the Low Income...
View ArticleHouse Democrats Seek to Block ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) and 49 Democratic colleagues in the House introduced the “No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018” (H. R. 7052) on October 9. The bill, which was referred to the...
View ArticleHUD Posts Moving to Work PHA Plan Supplement and Notice Inviting Small PHAs...
HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program office published two documents the week of October 15, a special MTW PHA Plan Supplement and Notice PIH-2018-17 inviting small PHAs to apply for MTW...
View ArticleNLIHC Submits Comments Regarding HUD’s Proposal to “Streamline” AFFH Rule
NLIHC submitted comments in response to HUD’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking to “streamline” the July 16, 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. NLIHC urged HUD...
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Utah Housing Coalition Hosts First Opportunity Starts at Home Multi-Sector...
The Utah Housing Coalition (UHC) hosted its first congressional panel (pictured below) on affordable housing under the banner of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign....
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Homes for All Minnesota Hosts Pre-Election Candidate Forum
Homes for All Minnesota hosted a forum in September for the two candidates running for lieutenant governor in Minnesota. The forum, Foundation for our Future: Housing as an Economic Driver, provided...
View ArticleTreasury Department and IRS Provide Advance Version of Proposed Opportunity...
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent IRS Newswire IR-2018-206 on October 19 announcing an advance version of proposed Opportunity Zone tax...
View ArticleRepresentative DeSaulnier Proposes Creation of HUD Office of Housing Innovation
Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced H.R. 7054, the “Housing Innovation Act,” which would establish an Office of Housing Innovation within HUD. The new office would focus on “developing new...
View ArticleSenator Heller Proposes New Housing Tax Credit for Seniors
Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced on October 11 the “Seniors Housing Tax Credit Act” (S.3580), a bill to create a new tax credit to help make housing affordable to extremely low income senior...
View ArticleRepresentative Clyburn Proposes Renters Credit and Local Zoning Reforms
Representative James E. Clyburn (D-SC) introduced on October 9 the “Housing Opportunity, Mobility and Equity (HOME) Act of 2018” (H.R. 7050), the House version of the Senate legislation (S.3342)...
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Urge Congressional Leaders to Attend NLIHC Briefing on Bold Solutions to...
NLIHC encourages advocates to ask their senators and representatives to attend our upcoming congressional briefing on “Bold Housing Solutions: Opportunities to Expand the National Housing Trust Fund”...
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The latest issue of Tenant Talk is available now. Click here to read fresh updates and insights from the field.Image: Link: library/tenanttalk/vol9-issue2
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