From the Field: Denver Creates Affordable Housing Trust Fund
The Denver City Council voted 9 to 4 on October 19 to create a citywide affordable housing trust fund, marking the first creation of a housing production fund with a dedicated revenue source in city...
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NLIHC Report Finds Long Waits for Federal Housing Assistance
NLIHC released today a new report titled Housing Spotlight: The Long Wait for a Home about Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) and Public Housing waiting lists. An NLIHC survey of Public Housing Agencies...
View ArticleWebinar on Using HUD’s Nuisance Ordinance Guidance to Keep Domestic Violence...
A free webinar will be held to discuss HUD’s recent guidance about fair housing standards related to nuisance abatement and crime-free housing ordinances (see Memo, 9/19). The webinar will also give an...
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HUD Reminds Assisted Housing Owners to Maintain Lead-Based Paint Records
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs issued Notice H 2016-10 on October 3 that reminds owners and management agents of HUD-assisted properties that they must maintain lead-based paint risk...
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HUD Publishes Energy Benchmarking Notices
HUD issued two notices regarding energy benchmarking reporting, one for HUD-assisted or HUD-insured private multifamily housing (Multifamily), and one for public housing. Utility benchmarking involves...
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MTW PHAs Have Higher Legal Costs than Other PHAs
HUD’s Office of the Inspector General (IG) reports that public housing agencies (PHAs) participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration have significantly higher costs for legal services than...
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HUD Clarifies Definition of “Independent Student” for Section 8 Eligibility
HUD published a notice in the Federal Register updating the list of items that public housing agencies and owners and managers of HUD-assisted housing are required to verify to determine whether a...
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GAO Recommends HUD Improve Section 202 Supportive Services
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report that estimates that about half of Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly (Section 202) properties employ a HUD-funded service...
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Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Highest Possible FY17 Funding for HUD
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development (CHCDF) Steering Committee sent a letter to leaders of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to provide the highest possible...
View ArticleGrowing Number of Organizations Raise Concerns about Middle Income Housing...
A number of national organizations have joined NLIHC to either oppose or express concerns about the “Middle Income Housing Tax Credit Act of 2016” (S.3384), introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) in...
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Closed Waiting Lists and Long Waits Await those Seeking Affordable Housing,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released Housing Spotlight: A Long Wait for a Home—a report that analyzes the current state of Housing Choice Vouchers and...
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Now Available! Housing Spotlight!
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View ArticleModest Incentives Did Not Prompt Voucher Recipients to Move to Areas of...
A study published by Housing Policy Debate titled “Encouraging Residential Moves to Opportunity Neighborhoods: An Experiment Testing Incentives Offered to Housing Voucher Recipients” by Heather L....
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From the Field: Minnesota Housing Partnership Releases Sold Out Report
Housing advocates in Minnesota have a new resource to better understand the recent rapid rise in rents throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan area with the Minnesota Housing Partnership’s release of...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeking Policy, Research, and Communications/Graphic Design Interns for...
NLIHC is seeking applications for our spring intern positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with...
View ArticleWebinar on Ensuring Fair Housing for People with Criminal Records
The Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law is sponsoring a free webinar on October 26 about HUD’s fair housing guidance regarding the use of criminal records. Three HUD officials will answer...
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NLIHC Welcomes New Communications Specialist Lisa Marlow
NLIHC is pleased to announce that Lisa Marlow has joined our team as our new communications specialist. Lisa worked previously with AABB, an organization dedicated to advancing the practice and...
View ArticleNonprofits Launch National Campaign against Housing Discrimination
The National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) and the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders (NALCAB) have launched a National Fair Housing...
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