Congress Faces Deadline to Fund Federal Government for Remainder of FY19
Congress has so far failed to enact several federal spending bills for FY19, including those that fund affordable housing and community development programs. The current stopgap funding measure, known...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of December 2
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 2.“The legacy of Elm City’s affordable housing task force remains unclear,” Yale Daily News, December 7...
View ArticleCleveland Welcomes NeighborWorks Training Institute, February 18-22
NeighborWorks America will bring its next Training Institute (NTI) to Cleveland, February 18-22, 2019. In addition to professional affordable housing and community development courses lasting from...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Signs Domestic Violence Relocation...
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed the bipartisan “Domestic Violence in Public Housing Emergency Relocation Act” (S.B. 919) on November 13, accompanied by the bill co-sponsors, Senators Art Haywood...
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Fact of the Week: U.S. Counties Have Vast Disparities in Poverty Rates
Source: U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for 2017.
View ArticleMost U.S. Counties Have Same or Worse Poverty Rates than a Decade Ago
The U.S. Census Bureau released Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates: 2017 on December 3. These data provide annual estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. counties and school districts. The...
View ArticleStudy Finds Discrimination against Same-Sex Couples in Rental Housing Market
A study by David Schwegman published in Housing Policy Debate, “Rental Market Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From a Pairwise-Matched Email Correspondence Test,” examines housing...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Updates – December 10, 2018
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to the 2017 and 2018 disasters since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see...
View ArticleAffordable Housing Task Force Legislation Up to 16 Cosponsors in Senate
The “Task Force on the Impact of the Affordable Housing Crisis Act” (S.3231) has 16 bipartisan cosponsors (at the time this Memo went to publication), indicating significant momentum in the Senate to...
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Honor 2019 Housing Leadership Awardees Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Pinky Clifford,...
Join NLIHC in recognizing the 2019 Housing Leadership Awards honorees Representative Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO); Emma “Pinky” Clifford, executive director of the Oglala Sioux Tribe Partnership for Housing...
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NLIHC 2019 Housing Policy Forum to Explore Creative Ways to Get Your Story Out
NLIHC’s 2019 Housing Policy Forum: Seizing the Moment for Bold Solutions taking place in Washington, DC, March 27-29, 2019 will explore creative ways affordable housing advocates can get their stories...
View ArticleDeadline to Comment in Opposition to Proposed ‘Public Charge’ Rule is Today,...
The deadline for commenting in opposition to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) proposed rule to add to the “public charge” definition the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Section 8...
View ArticleCongress Passes Stop-Gap Spending Bill to Fund Federal Government until...
Congress averted a government shutdown by passing a two-week stopgap funding measure on December 7. The House and Senate both passed the measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), by a unanimous...
View ArticleDeadline to Submit Nominations for 2019 Housing Organizing Award is Quickly...
NLIHC is accepting nominations for the 2019 Annual Housing Organizing Awards until January 11, 2019. The awards recognize outstanding achievement during 2018 in statewide, regional, citywide,...
View ArticleStatement from National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane...
NLIHC applauds Congressman Richmond for introducing the House companion to Senator Warren's American Housing and Economic Mobility Act of 2018.Our nation’s housing crisis continues to reach new...
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Urge Your Representative to Sign on to the ‘American Housing and Economic...
The “American Housing and Economic Mobility Act” introduced in the House of RepresentativesUrge Your Representative to Sign On!Senator Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) “American Housing and Economic Mobility...
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Fact of the Week: High Percentages of Lowest Income Households, Especially...
Source: 2013-2017 ACS.
View ArticleZillow Research Examines Relationship between Rent Affordability and...
A report from Zillow Research, Homelessness Rises More Quickly Where Rent Exceeds a Third of Income, examines the relationship between rent affordability and homelessness. The report finds that...
View ArticleAdditional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – December 17, 2018
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to the 2017 and 2018 disasters since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Coalition Submits Comments to California’s Disaster...
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) submitted comments on California’s draft State Action Plan for Disaster Recovery. The plan describes how the state intends to spend $124 million...
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