Clik here to view.
Dr. Ben Carson Confirmed as HUD Secretary
Dr. Ben Carson was confirmed as the 17th secretary of HUD by a vote of 58-41 on March 2. A number of Democrats, including Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Mark Warner (D-VA), joined all Republican...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HUD Has Approved Forty-one HTF Allocation Plans
HUD has approved 41 national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) Allocation Plans as of March 3. Of the 41, HUD has publicly identified 25: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho,...
View ArticleHouse Financial Services Committee Votes on HUD Funding “Views and Estimates”...
The House Financial Services Committee met in an open session on February 28 to approve the committee’s budget “views and estimates” for FY18, including those for HUD. The Committee stressed the...
View ArticlePresident Trump’s Proposed Funding Increase to Defense at the Expense of...
Policy makers and advocates got an early glimpse at President Donald Trump’s FY18 budget proposal on February 28. The president’s budget would increase defense spending by $54 billion, paid for with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New CHCDF Report Shows Importance of Affordable Housing, Calls on Congress to...
A Place to Call Home: The Case for Increased Federal Investments in Affordable Housing, a new report released by the Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) and NLIHC, compiles...
View ArticleExecutive Order Requires Federal Agencies to Have Regulatory Reform Task Forces
President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (EO) 13777 requiring federal agencies like HUD to establish a Regulatory Reform Task Force and designate a Regulatory Reform Officer (RRO) to oversee the...
View ArticleUpdate on Healthcare Reform: Medicaid, Not Just the Expansion, at Risk
In his first address to Congress, President Donald Trump illustrated the controversy among GOP lawmakers on the Medicaid expansion aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by ensuring that “no one...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UFH Webinar on Mobilizing New Partners in Health, Education, Labor, and...
The United for Homes (UFH) campaign continues its series of monthly webinars for current campaign endorsers with “New Partners, New Voices: Expanding the United for Homes Campaign to Include Allies in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Join Us April 4 to Honor 2017 Housing Leadership Awardees Amy Anthony and Ron...
NLIHC invites all who care about homelessness and housing poverty in America to join us at NLIHC’s 2017 Housing Leadership Awards Reception Tuesday, April 4 from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Washington Court...
View ArticleSign Letter Urging Congress to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust...
Sign your organization onto a letter from advocates around the country asking Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). In the first year of funding for the HTF, states made...
View ArticleTell Your Representative to Cosponsor “The Common Sense Housing Investment...
Rental housing affordability is an increasing challenge in every state and congressional district. Through tax reform legislation, Congress can make the tax code fairer for more families, reduce income...
View ArticleMessage from Diane Yentel, National Low Income Housing Coalition President...
Washington, DC – President Donald Trump is expected to send to Congress a high-level budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018 next week. An overview of early drafts by the Washington Post show the severity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TAKE ACTION: National Housing Trust Fund Faces Significant Threats
Urge Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF)Funding for the HTF could face significant budget cuts and other threats this year.President Donald Trump recently announced...
View ArticleCarson Makes First Public Remarks as HUD Secretary
Dr. Ben Carson gave his first public remarks last week after the Senate voted to confirm him as HUD secretary on March 2. In speeches on March 6 to HUD employees and to attendees at the National...
View ArticleDemocratic Senators Respond to Leaked HUD Budget
Several Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter on March 10 to newly confirmed HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson on a report by the Washington Post that the Trump administration is...
View ArticleSenators Reintroduce Housing Credit Legislation with Broad Bipartisan Support
Eleven U.S. senators joined Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) to introduce the “Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017” (S. 548). Original cosponsors include Senators Ron...
View ArticleCongress Looks to Finalize FY17 Spending Bills
The House approved its FY17 defense spending bill by a vote of 371-48 on March 8. The House may now turn to an omnibus package that will include the remaining ten unfinished FY17 spending bills,...
View ArticleMembers of Congress Testify on Housing Needs in Their Districts
The House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD) held their Member's Day hearing on March 9, where representatives were invited to speak about...
View ArticleTrump Administration Considers Nearly $8 billion in Cuts to HUD Budget;...
President Donald Trump is expected to unveil his budget proposal for FY18 on March 15 or 16, but early drafts obtained by the Washington Post and confirmed by multiple sources indicate that OMB...
View ArticleUFH Endorser Webinars
The United for Homes (UFH) campaign continued its series of monthly webinars for current campaign endorsers with the March 8 webinar “New Partners, New Voices: Expanding the United for Homes Campaign...
View Article