Key Upcoming Dates Related to States’ HTF Allocation Plans
NLIHC provides state-specific information updated regularly related to national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocation plans. The state resources can be found at: http://bit.ly/28SEBVd. We also provide a...
View ArticleNLIHC Analyzes NHTF Maximum Rents
HUD published maximum allowable rents for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) in July (Memo,7/25). An NLIHC analysis reveals that, if HTF rents are set at the maximums allowed, in most counties in...
View ArticleNLIHC Accepting Applications for Fall Research Internship
NLIHC is accepting applications for the fall 2016 research internship position. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice...
View ArticleFive Ways to Take Action this Election Season, Webinar
Over the next few months, affordable housing and community development organizations have an opportunity to influence a number of critical issues before Congress and to help break through the noise of...
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Fact of the Week: Extremely Low Income Households Occupy Higher-Priced Rentals
Note: AMI = Area Median Income Source: NLIHC tabulations of 2014 ACS PUMS data.
View ArticleUrban Institute Releases Case Studies on Affordable Housing Preservation
Case studies by the Urban Institute titled Anatomy of a Preservation Deal: Innovations in Preserving Affordable Housing from around the United States provide important lessons for preserving affordable...
View ArticleHAC Examines Maturing Mortgages in the USDA’s Section 515 Rural Rental...
The Housing Assistance Council (HAC) published a research brief and an interactive map on maturing mortgages in the USDA’s Section 515 Rural Rental Housing loan program. Since 1963, Section 515...
View ArticleDisability Rights Organizations Settle $200 Million Accessible Housing Suit...
Three disability rights organizations secured a legal settlement with the City of Los Angeles that will ensure that affordable housing units assisted by the City will meet accessibility standards...
View ArticleFederal District Court Dismisses Fair Housing Disparate Impact Claim
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed the fair housing disparate impact suit filed by the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP) against the Texas Department of Housing and...
View ArticleFederal Interagency Reentry Council Releases Report on Recent Progress
The Federal Interagency Reentry Council released their August report focusing on the recent progress and future roadmap to reduce recidivism and improve outcomes for people reentering society after...
View ArticleHUD Proposes Changes to Lead-Based Paint Regulations
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes proposes to amend the lead-based paint regulations by reducing the blood lead level in a child under the age of six that triggers an environmental...
View ArticleHUD Publishes FY17 Fair Market Rents
HUD announced in the August 26 Federal Register the publication of FY17 Fair Market Rents (FMRs). The “Housing Opportunities Through Modernization Act of 2016” (HOTMA) revised the procedure by which...
View ArticleHUD Notice Implements Family Self Sufficiency for Private Multifamily Housing...
HUD’s Notice H-2016-08 implements the policies and procedures applicable to a Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) program in private multifamily projects that have a project-based Section 8 Housing...
View ArticleHouse Budget Committee Releases Report on Alternative Approaches to Federal...
The House Budget Committee released a working paper on possible ways to reform the federal budget process. The paper follows a hearing the Committee held earlier this summer that examined alternative...
View ArticleKey Upcoming Dates Related to States’ HTF Allocation Plans
NLIHC provides state-specific information related to national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) allocation plans. The state resources, updated regularly, can be found at: http://bit.ly/28SEBVd. We also provide...
View ArticleSeptember is NLIHC Membership Month
September marks NLIHC Membership Month, which means it is time to thank current NLIHC members and celebrate your involvement and to recruit new NLIHC members from novice and seasoned affordable housing...
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NLIHC Membership Month!
Help us ensure that extremely low income households have safe, decent and affordable homes. Click here to join now and be entered into a drawing to win some great gifts!Image: Link:...
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Criminal Justice Reform on the Verge of Receiving a Vote
Take Action TODAY: Urge Your Representatives to push for a vote on criminal justice reformEarlier this year, the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve several criminal justice reform bills....
View ArticleLow Income Louisiana Residents Face Severest Impacts of Recent Floods
Thousands of low income Louisiana residents face extreme challenges as they look to recover from the mid-August floods that damaged or destroyed more than 150,000 homes across 20 parishes. As the State...
View ArticleGetting Out the Vote, Voterization Webinar
It is likely that fewer than half of voting-eligible renters will vote in the 2016 election. The presidential elections of 2008 and 2012 were considered to have had high-turnout rates, with 62% and 59%...
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