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Fact of the Week: U.S. Citizens Who Reported Voting in November Elections by...
Source: November 2006-2014 Current Population Survey Data
View ArticleNaturally Occurring Affordable Housing Benefits Moderate Income Households,...
The commercial real estate information company CoStar released new data on rental homes that are affordable without public subsidy, known as naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH). CoStar...
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HUD Training on Equal Access and Gender Identity Compliance
HUD is holding a webinar on three different dates in November for Continuum of Care (CoC) collaborative applicants and providers, Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) recipients and sub-recipients, and...
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HUD Proposes Revisions to Multifamily Asset Handbook
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) released draft revisions of five chapters of Handbook 4350.1, Multifamily Asset Management and Project Servicing. While Handbook 4350.1 is...
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Multifamily Notice Provides Guidance for Amending Use Agreements at...
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) issued Notice H 2016-16, providing guidance regarding the situations that allow Multifamily staff to consider amending and restating Use...
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New CPD Monitoring Pages on HUD Exchange
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) recently launched a new HUD Exchange webpage, “Monitoring for CPD Programs.” While the purpose of the webpage is to provide information to CPD...
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HUD Proposes Enhanced Voucher Rules
After decades of using PIH Notices to guide the provision of enhanced vouchers, HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) is proposing changes to the Housing Choice Voucher regulations in order...
View ArticleTerner Center Proposes a Renter’s Tax Credit
The Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley released a new policy paper proposing a tax credit for renters. The Federal Assistance in Rental (FAIR) credit would...
View ArticlePresident’s Faith-Based Advisory Council Advocates for HTF and Housing Vouchers
The White House Advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships released a report detailing recommendations for addressing poverty and inequality. The Council discusses how HUD programs...
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NLIHC Accepting Nominations for 2017 Organizing Award
NLIHC is accepting nominations for the 2017 Annual Organizing Award. The Organizing Award recognizes outstanding achievement during 2016 in state, local and/or resident organizing activity that...
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NLIHC 2017 Forum to Address Affordable Housing Landscape Post-Election, April...
NLIHC’s 2017 Housing Policy Forum in Washington, DC, April 2-4, 2017 will convene thought-leaders, policy experts, researchers, affordable housing practitioners, low income residents, and leaders from...
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Raise your voice! Urge Congress to reject harmful policy riders that threaten...
Join us for a Twitter storm on Thursday, November 17 at 2 pm EST to tell Congress to pass a #cleanbudget.NLIHC has joined the Clean Budget Coalition—a group of more than 200 organizations—to urge...
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NLIHC Update: A Special Message from President & CEO Diane Yentel
Dear NLIHC friends, allies, members and partners,The stunning election results are still sinking in, and there remain more questions than answers to what it all means. In all the uncertainty, this much...
View ArticlePre-Event Registration for December NeighborWorks Training Institute in DC...
The pre-event registration for the NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) taking place December 12-16, 2016 in Washington, DC closes November 21. The NTI will offer more than 100 courses in affordable...
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Voters Approve State and Local Affordable Housing and Minimum Wage Initiatives
Voters in states and jurisdictions across the country cast ballots on November 8 on a number of affordable housing initiatives aimed at combating the housing affordability crisis and alleviating...
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Fact of the Week: Poverty Growth Higher in Republican vs. Democratic...
Source: Kneebone, E. (2016) Poverty Crosses Party Lines. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/research/poverty-crosses-party-lines/#AL.
View ArticleTeenagers Benefit in Adulthood from Public Housing and Vouchers
A new study by Fredrik Andersson, John Haltiwanger, Mark Kutzbach, Giordano E. Palloni, Henry Pollakowski, and Daniel Weinberg found that young adults who had lived in public or voucher-assisted...
View ArticlePoverty Crosses Party Lines
A report by Elizabeth Kneebone at the Brookings Institution examines poverty trends in Republican and Democratic congressional districts. The report, titled Poverty Crosses Party Lines, demonstrates...
View ArticleHUD and DOJ Update Fair Housing Act Guidance about Land Use Laws
HUD and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Joint Statement updating guidance about how the federal Fair Housing Act applies to state and local land use and zoning laws. The guidance is...
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RAD Notice Provides Fair Housing and Relocation Guidance
HUD issued Notice H 2016-17/PIH 2016-17 providing guidance regarding fair housing and civil rights as well as resident relocation statutory and regulatory requirements when public housing agencies...
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