Webinars on Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing on April 27, May 18
The National Housing Law Project is offering a webinar providing an overview of the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulations as well as an update on the rule’s implementation.The...
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Homeless Families Use Key Safety Net Programs at Greater Rate than Others in...
A research brief by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) titled Are Homeless Families Connected to the Safety Net? finds that homeless families with children in emergency shelters...
View ArticleConcentrated Poverty Increased Dramatically after Great Recession
A report published by The Brookings Institution titled U.S. Concentrated Poverty in the Wake of the Great Recession shows a significant increase in the number of people living in concentrated poverty...
View ArticleHUD Releases Guide on Preserving Section 236 Properties
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization has published Preservation Options for Section 236 Properties, a guide outlining the options that owners have to preserve Section 236 properties as affordable housing....
View ArticleHUD Issues Bold Fair Housing Guidance on Use of Criminal Records
At NLIHC’s Policy Forum on April 4 (see related article in this week’s Memo to Members), HUD Secretary Julián Castro announced that HUD had issued legal guidance from the Office of General Counsel...
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House and Senate to Unveil FY17 Spending Allocations
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees will release and vote on FY17 subcommittee spending amounts, formally known as 302(b) allocations, on April 13 and 14, respectively. Subcommittees began...
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HUD Announces $174 million For First Year of NHTF
At the NLIHC 2016 Policy Forum (see related article in this Memo to Members), HUD Secretary Julián Castro officially announced that nearly $174 million will soon be available for the inaugural...
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DC’s CNHED Wins NLIHC’s 2016 Organizing Award
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) awarded its 2016 Organizing Award to the Washington D.C. based Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development (CNHED), an NLIHC state...
View ArticleNLIHC Members Visit Congress on Lobby Day
Following two days of informative sessions during NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Policy Forum, more than 100 advocates went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, April 5 to lobby Congress in support of expanding...
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2016 Housing Policy Forum Introduces New Leader, Takes on Housing Poverty
The NLIHC 2016 Housing Policy Forum held in Washington, DC on April 3-5 attracted 270 participants who discussed the challenges and solutions to housing poverty in the U.S. A diverse array of NLIHC...
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NLIHC Honors Barbara Lee and Nancy Bernstine with Dolbeare and Brooke Awards
The National Low Income Housing Coalition held its 34th Annual Leadership Awards Reception on April 5 in Washington, DC, awarding Nancy Bernstine with the Cushing Niles Dolbeare Lifetime Service Award...
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Barney Frank, Others Celebrate Sheila Crowley
Former U.S. Representative and House Financial Services Committee Chair Barney Frank (D-MA) and other friends and colleagues celebrated the contributions of long-time National Low Income Housing...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Hawaii Advocates Release Report on Affordable Housing and...
The Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice (Hawaii Appleseed) released a report on April 13 titled “The State of Poverty in Hawaii: How Hawaii’s Low Income Residents Are Faring...
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Fact of the Week: Foreclosure Rates by Age Group (2003-2015)
Source: Li, W. and Goodman, L. (2016). Comparing Credit Profiles of American Renters and Owners. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. Retrieved from http://urbn.is/1WLldvu.
View ArticleMiddle Aged Homeowners Hit Hard by Foreclosure Crisis
A report by the Urban Institute titled Comparing Credit Profiles of American Renters and Owners shows that middle-aged homeowners between the ages of 36 and 55 were hit hard by the housing foreclosure...
View ArticleHUD Resources for Coordination between Continuums of Care and ConPlan...
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) released a guidebook and video designed to facilitate coordination between Continuums of Care (CoCs) and Consolidated Plan (ConPlan)...
View ArticleHUD Releases Final Report on Rapid Re-Housing Outcomes
HUD released the final evaluation report of the Rapid Re-Housing for Homeless Families Demonstration (RRHD) Program. The evaluation, conducted by Abt Associates Inc., found that families enrolled who...
View ArticleThirty-nine MTW PHAs Get Extension until 2028
HUD announced that the 39 public housing agencies (PHAs) currently participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration may continue to operate with reduced regulatory requirements until 2028.The...
View ArticleNew Bill Proposes Comprehensive Plan for Addressing Lead Poisoning
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) and 28 of his Democratic colleagues introduced the “True LEADership Act” (S. 2821) a comprehensive plan to address lead poisoning, including several proposals related to...
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