Housing Recovery Updates Related to the 2017 Disasters – November 5, 2018
The following is a review of additional 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...
View ArticleHousing Recovery Updates Related to the 2018 Disasters – November 5, 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 10/29)....
View ArticleResidents in Florida Panhandle Struggle to Find Even Short-Term Housing Weeks...
Panama City and other communities in the Florida Panhandle impacted by Hurricane Michael continue to struggle with a lack of even short-term housing options. Following a NLIHC-led Disaster Housing...
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Food Banks, Hunger, and Affordable Housing: The Oregon Example
Representatives from the Oregon Housing Alliance and Oregon Food Bank gathered in Portland on October 22 to discuss their model of multi-sector collaboration. NLIHC state partner and Opportunity Starts...
View ArticleGAO Finds HUD Programs Do Not Provide Adequate Staff Guidance for Making...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on October 30 that examined the processes for referring cases of potential noncompliance to HUD’s Departmental Enforcement Center (DEC). The...
View ArticleHUD Announces Intent to Revise REAC Scoring System
A HUD Multifamily Communications email on October 29 announced that HUD has been conducting an internal review of the Real Estate Assessment Center’s (REAC’s) 20-year-old physical inspection system....
View ArticleHUD Updates Guidance for Addressing Low Multifamily Housing Physical...
HUD issued Notice H-2018-08 providing updated guidance to HUD Multifamily staff regarding actions to take when a private property assisted with various HUD programs has a Uniform Physical Condition...
View ArticleSenator Rounds Comments on HUD’s New ‘Need and Capacity’ Tribal Housing Grant
Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) submitted a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on October 29 regarding a new $100 million competitive housing grant for Native Americans, which was included in the FY18...
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NLIHC 2019 Housing Policy Forum to Focus on ‘Seizing the Moment for Bold...
Awareness about the affordable housing crisis in America is growing significantly, and federal policymakers on both sides of the aisle are responding; some have put forward bold legislative proposals...
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NLIHC Announces 2019 Housing Leadership Awards
NLIHC has announced its 2019 Housing Leadership Awards honorees: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO); Emma “Pinky” Clifford, executive director of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing...
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Point of View – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO: Time to Vote — and...
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEOElection Day is almost here. We at NLIHC thank all of you who have participated in Our Homes, Our Votes to register low income residents and other citizens and to...
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Housing Wins
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEOLike most of you, I spent last night glued to local, state, and national election results, and I woke up this morning after too little sleep thinking through what...
View ArticlePre-Event Registration for NeighborWorks Training Institute in Pittsburgh,...
The pre-event registration for the NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) in Pittsburgh, December 3-7, closes on November 13. NTI courses, lasting from one-to-five days each, are an excellent...
View ArticleNew Report Highlights Importance of State Housing Trust Funds for Rural...
The Center for Community Change released State Housing Trust Funds: A Rural Lifeline, which highlights the successes rural communities have had with state and local housing trust funds. Almost every...
View ArticleFreddie Mac Multifamily Provides Series of Reports on Serving Underserved...
Freddie Mac Multifamily is releasing a series of reports to highlight the opportunities and challenges of providing affordable multifamily housing in underserved markets. Two previous reports examined...
View ArticleFrom the Field: New York City Council Member Rallies with Homelessness...
New York City Council Member Rafael Salamanca recently announced new legislation aimed at increasing affordable housing for the city’s homeless residents in conjunction with the ongoing House our...
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Fact of the Week: States’ LIHTC ‘Opportunity Incentives’ Include Access to...
Source: Freddie Mac and National Housing Trust. (2018). “Opportunity Incentives in LIHTC Qualified Allocations Plans.” Retrieved from https://bit.ly/2P8nvJA
View ArticleStudy Suggests Social Networks May Affect Residential Choices of Voucher Holders
Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) help low income households afford housing in low-poverty neighborhoods, but HCV recipients still tend to live in higher-poverty neighborhoods. A study published in the...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Updates – November 12, 2018
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to 2017 and 2018 disasters since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the articles in last week’s Memo, see 2018 Disasters...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Coalition Submits Comments on Florida’s CDBG-DR...
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) submitted comments on the draft substantial amendment to the Florida Action Plan for the use of federal Community Development Block...
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