United for Homes Campaign Relaunched on January 11, Media Training Coming Soon
NLIHC relaunched of the United for Homes (UFH) campaign with a webinar attended by some of the more than 2300 current organizational UHF endorsers on January 11. The campaign calls on Congress to make...
View ArticleNLIHC Welcomes New Communications & Graphics Design Intern Hannah Keith
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Hannah Keith as our communication and graphic design intern for the spring. Hannah recently graduated from High Point University, where she earned a degree in Communications...
View ArticleNLIHC 2017 Housing Policy Forum, April 2-4, to Address What’s Ahead in 115th...
NLIHC’s 2017 Housing Policy Forum: Advancing Solutions in a Changing Landscape will feature of panel of Capitol Hill insiders to discuss “What’s Ahead in the 115th Congress” in the wake of the 2016...
View ArticleSubmit Your Nomination for the 2017 NLIHC Organizing Award by February 1
Nominations for the 2017 NLIHC Annual Organizing Award are due 5 pm ET, Wednesday, February 1! The Organizing Award recognizes outstanding achievement during 2016 in state, local and/or resident...
View ArticleUrge Congress to Lift Spending Caps, Adequately Fund Affordable Housing and...
Groups concerned about transportation, housing, community development, and homelessness are working together to circulate a letter urging Congress to lift the austere caps on federal spending and to...
View ArticleAsk Your Representative to Sign Rep. Ellison’s Dear Colleague Letter to...
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) circulated a Dear Colleague letter last week urging the House Ways and Means Committee to use tax reform as an opportunity to end homelessness and housing poverty by...
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Point of View: Vigilance
By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO"The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn't bend on its own. To secure the gains this country has made requires constant vigilance,...
View ArticleHUD Seeks PHAs to Apply for New MTW Slots
HUD’s Office of Pubic and Indian Housing issued a preview of Notice PIH 2017-1 requesting public housing agencies (PHAs) to apply for participation in the first group of the newly expanded Moving to...
View ArticleHUD Extends Criteria for Transferring Project-Based Rental Assistance
HUD published a Federal Register notice extending the previously established terms and conditions by which HUD will approve a request for the transfer of project-based rental assistance, debt held or...
View ArticleHUD Issues HOTMA Implementation Provisions for Voucher Programs
HUD published an extensive notice in the Federal Register on January 18 that implements many provisions of the “Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016” (HOTMA) that pertain to the...
View ArticleHUD Posts Interim AFFH Guidance for States
HUD posted interim guidance for states and insular areas regarding their statutory obligation to affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH). Interim guidance is needed because the AFFH Assessment...
View ArticleSonny Perdue Picked to Lead USDA and its Rural Housing Programs
President Trump last week selected Sonny Perdue, governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011, to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which oversees several Rural Housing programs. Although Mr....
View ArticleTreasury Secretary Nominee Mnuchin Faces Tough Questions in Confirmation Hearing
President Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, faced heated questions in his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Ranking Member Senator Ron...
View ArticleDonald Trump Becomes 45th President of United States
Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on Friday, January 20. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the inauguration and protests over the weekend. Nearly 70...
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United for Homes Campaign Media Strategies Webinar, February 8
The next endorser webinar for the United for Homes (UFH) campaign is scheduled for February 8, 2 pm ET. This webinar on media strategies for promoting the UFH campaign is part of a series of monthly...
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NLIHC 2017 Housing Policy Forum, April 2-4, to Address Rebalancing Federal...
NLIHC’s 2017 Housing Policy Forum: Advancing Solutions in a Changing Landscape will feature of panel of experts who will discuss “Rebalancing Federal Housing Policy: The Case for MID Reform.” The Forum...
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Submit Your Nomination for the 2017 NLIHC Organizing Award by February 1
Nominations for the 2017 NLIHC Annual Organizing Award are due 5 pm ET, Wednesday, February 1! The Organizing Award recognizes outstanding achievement during 2016 in state, local and/or resident...
View ArticleAsk Your Representative to Sign Rep. Ellison’s Dear Colleague Letter to...
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) circulated a Dear Colleague letter last week urging the House Ways and Means Committee to use tax reform as an opportunity to end homelessness and housing poverty by...
View ArticleUrge Congress to Lift Spending Caps, Adequately Fund Affordable Housing and...
Groups concerned about transportation, housing, community development, and homelessness are working together to circulate a letter urging Congress to lift the austere caps on federal spending and to...
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Point of View: Marching Forward – By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
What a remarkable week. From rumors on Capitol Hill that the president plans to propose a draconian budget that would essentially eliminate nearly all non-defense discretionary and most mandatory...
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