Senators Introduce Bipartisan Housing Modernization Bill, Companion to H.R. 3700
Senate Banking Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development Chair Tim Scott (R-SC), Ranking Member Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Roy Blunt (R-MO)...
View ArticleHouse Republicans Release Tax Reform Plan That Opens the Door to MID Reform
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), and other Ways and Means Republicans unveiled the sixth and final plank of the House Republican’s A Better Way...
View ArticleBill Would Require Treasury to Study Ending Fannie and Freddie Conservatorship
Representative French Hill (R-AR) introduced the “GSE Review and Reform Act” (H.R. 5505) that would require the U.S. Department of Treasury to study ways of ending the conservatorship of government...
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State HTF Resources and Important Dates Now Available Online
NLIHC has updated its national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) website, http://nhtf.org, with state-specific information on HTF allocation plans. Each state page identifies the HTF advocacy point person and...
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Democrats Include Expansion of HTF in Draft Party Platform
The Democratic National Committee's (DNC) drafting committee voted on its draft 2016 party platform on Friday, after having received testimony from 114 people during two recent public hearings and...
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Point of View—Second Chances Depend on Affordable Homes: By Diane Yentel,...
(this POV is adapted from an op-ed published in Housing Wire on June 24)Each year, more than 600,000 people are released from federal and state prisons, while roughly 11 million more cycle through...
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NLIHC Twitter Chat on National Affordable Housing Crisis, July 7
NLIHC will host a Twitter chat on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 2:00 pm EST to discuss the findings from its newly released reports, The GAP: Affordable Housing Gap Analysis 2016 and Out of Reach 2016. The...
View ArticleBill Would Strip CDBG Funding to “Sanctuary Cities”
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) introduced the “Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act” (S. 3100) on June 29. The measure would punish communities that have immigrant “sanctuary” laws and policies in place by...
View ArticleAdvocates Urge Senate Co-Sponsorship and Passage of Housing Modernization Act
NLIHC joined 39 national organizations in sending a letter to Senators urging them to co-sponsor the “Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act” (HOTMA) (S. 3083), recently introduced by Senators...
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Fact of the Week: Share of Total Income Received by Top 1%
Source: Economic Policy Institute. (2016). Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.epi.org/files/pdf/107100.pdf
View ArticleFrom the Field: Delaware Housing Coalition Releases Annual Report on Housing...
The Delaware Housing Coalition (DHC), an NLIHC state partner, released their annual housing affordability report, “Who Can Afford to Live in Delaware?” at a June 24 stakeholder event on the state’s...
View ArticleNotice Provides Policies for Rural Development Vouchers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Housing Service (RHS) issued a Notice in the Federal Register on June 29 that describe policies and procedures for providing Rural Development vouchers...
View ArticleSenators Urge Colleagues to Cosponsor LIHTC Expansion Bill
Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch (R-UT) circulated a dear colleague letter on May 27 asking senators to cosponsor the “Affordable Housing Credit Improvement...
View ArticleDetroit NeighborWorks Training Institute
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) takes place August 8-12 in Detroit, MI. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing, housing asset...
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NLIHC Hosts Twitter Chat on National Affordable Housing Crisis, July 7
NLIHC will host a Twitter chat on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 2:00 pm EST to discuss the findings from its newly released reports, The GAP: Affordable Housing Gap Analysis 2016 and Out of Reach 2016. The...
View ArticleHUD Releases New Guidance on Reentry Models for PHAs
HUD released new guidance to public housing agencies (PHAs) and other stakeholders to encourage greater efforts and collaboration in housing persons with criminal records. The guidance, “It Starts with...
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NLIHC Welcomes Sarah Mickelson as Director of Public Policy
NLIHC is pleased to announce that Sarah Mickelson has joined our team as Director of Public Policy. Sarah worked previously with Enterprise Community Partners as a senior analyst. In this role, she...
View ArticleFrom the Field: San Francisco News Organizations Flood News Cycle with...
More than 70 print, broadcast and online news organizations in San Francisco put aside professional competition on June 29 and coordinated on a full day of reporting on homelessness in the Bay Area. A...
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Mobilizing Voters Webinar
The final webinar in NLIHC’s 2016 Voterization series is “Mobilization: Getting Out the Vote.” The webinar will be held on Thursday, September 15 at 2:00 pm ET and will provide attendees with the...
View ArticleNLIHC Accepting Applications for Fall Internships
NLIHC is accepting resumes for fall 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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