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Fact of The Week: New Mortgages over $500,000 by County (2012–2014)
Source: A Rare Occurrence: The Geography and Race of Mortgages Over $500,000 available at: http://nlihc.org/research/rare-occurrence.
View ArticleFamilies in 25 Largest Cities Face Shortage of Affordable Homes
An article in the November issue of Governing titled “As Affordable Housing Shrinks, Where Can Families Live?” reports on the availability of affordable homes for families in the twenty-five largest...
View ArticleFrom the Field: New Mexico Summit on Hunger and Homelessness
The Otero County Hunger Coalition (OHC) of southern New Mexico hosted an inaugural Summit on Hunger and Homelessness on November 6. Advocates and service providers from across Otero County gathered in...
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GOP Presidential Candidates On Housing
On Tuesday, November 10, Republican presidential candidates met in Milwaukee, WI for the fourth GOP debate. Housing was mentioned on three occasions during a portion of the debate focused on the...
View ArticleProposed Rule Would Require Smoke-Free Public Housing
Under a proposed rule issued on November 12, HUD would require all public housing agencies (PHAs) and public housing properties to be smoke-free within 18 months of a final smoke-free rule. The...
View ArticleHUD Posts Four AFFH Fact Sheets
HUD has posted four short fact sheets on the HUD Exchange homepage related to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) final rule. Two of the AFFH fact sheets address the requirement of public...
View ArticleBill Introduced to Help Homeless and Foster Youth Access Higher Education
On November 10, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced S. 1754, the “Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act.” The bill makes changes to the Higher Education Act to...
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Congress Constructing Path to FY16 Omnibus
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is considering a new path to completing the FY16 appropriations process. He may attempt to bring a version of the Transportation, Housing and Urban...
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Mortgages Over $500,000 Uncommon in U.S.
A study released today by NLIHC, A Rare Occurrence: The Geography and Race of Mortgages Over $500,000, finds that only 5% of new mortgages obtained in the past three years were larger than $500,000....
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New Report Reveals that Mortgages Over $500,000 are...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Rare Occurrence: The Geography and Race of Mortgages Over $500,000, released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), reveals that only 5% of the mortgages...
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UPDATE: Amendments to Senate THUD Bill Would Empty HOME, Block Fair Housing,...
The Senate was set to vote on amendments to its FY16 THUD funding bill earlier today. But disagreement over an amendment to bar federal services to refugees from 34 countries derailed the THUD bill’s...
View ArticleNLIHC is Hiring for Interns for the Winter/Spring 2016 semester
NLIHC is accepting resumes for winter/spring 2016 internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with...
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NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Policy Forum To Offer Special Session for Low Income...
Register today for NLIHC’s 2016 Policy Forum: Overcoming Housing Poverty, Achieving Housing Justice. The Forum will take place in Washington D.C. on April 3-5, 2016. This is NLIHC’s annual policy event...
View ArticleDecember 11 Deadline for Applications for NLIHC President and CEO Position
The Search Committee of the NLIHC Board of Directors has set December 11 as the deadline for applications from candidates for the position of NLIHC President and Chief Executive Officer. Interested...
View ArticleNew Guide for Increasing Member Engagement
CQ Roll Call released a new guide for nonprofit membership organizations and associations titled, Increasing Engagement: How to Keep Members Active When Your Issues Aren’t Hot. Asserting that “keeping...
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Fact of The Week: Number of Homeless by Shelter Status, 2007-2015
Source: Henry, M., et al. (2015). The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress: November 2015. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
View ArticleSmall Area FMRs Improve Housing and Neighborhood Quality for Voucher Holders
Robert Collison and Peter Ganong conclude in a study, The Incidence of Housing Voucher Generosity, that Small Area Fair Market Rents (SAFMRs) allow voucher recipients to live in higher quality housing...
View ArticlePoint-in-Time Shows Homelessness Declines but Remains High
HUD released The 2015 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress on November 19. A total of 564,708 individuals were homeless on a single night in January 2015, representing a 2% decline in...
View ArticleFrom The Field: NLIHC Welcomes New State Partner in Mississippi
NLIHC is pleased to announce the addition of a new State Coalition Partner to the Coalition. Housing Mississippi was approved as a State Coalition Partner by the NLIHC Board of Directors on November...
View ArticleFHA Reports Strong Financials
On November 16, HUD announced that the Federal Housing Administration’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund (MMI Fund) achieved a capital reserve ratio of 2.07% in FY15, surpassing the required 2%. In FY14,...
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