NLIHC Seeks Nominations for 2016 Organizing Award
Each year, NLIHC recognizes outstanding local or statewide organizing efforts that contribute to affordable housing for extremely low income residents. NLIHC members are encouraged to submit...
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Fact of The Week: Impact of On-Site Services on HUD-Assisted Senior Housing...
Source: LeadingAge and The Lewin Group (2015). Affordable Senior Housing Plus Services: What’s the Value? Washington, DC.
View ArticleOn-Site Health Services at Affordable Senior Housing Properties Impact...
A study by LeadingAge and The Lewin Group, Affordable Senior Housing Plus Services: What’s the Value?, finds that on-site health services in HUD-assisted senior housing developments increase hospital...
View ArticleFrom The Field: Los Angeles City and County Leaders Take Action to Increase...
Los Angeles County, CA and the Mayor of the City Los Angeles Eric Garcetti each recently unveiled strategies to significantly increase funding for affordable housing programs following this year’s...
View ArticleFHFA Announces Proposed Rule on Fannie and Freddie’s Duty to Serve
On December 15, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released a proposed rule detailing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac's "duty-to-serve" underserved markets as required by the “Housing and Economic...
View ArticleTax Extenders Law Permanently Sets LIHTC Credit Rate
On December 18, President Barack Obama signed into law a broad tax extenders bill, the “Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015,” which makes permanent certain tax provisions, including setting...
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FY16 Omnibus Spending Bill Enacted
Ending months of uncertainty and last minute threats of opposition from the right and the left, first the House and then the Senate passed the FY16 omnibus spending bill on Friday, December 18. The...
View ArticleJoint Committee on Taxation Issues Latest Report on Tax Expenditures
The Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released its new report on federal tax expenditures on December 7, 2015. This annual report shows the cost to Federal Treasury of tax expenditures,...
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New Report Shows Potential $213 Billion in New Revenue from United for Homes...
The Tax Policy Center (TPC) has released it most recent analysis of the United for Homes (UFH) proposal to reform the mortgage interest deduction (MID). Commissioned by NLIHC, the report shows the...
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Omnibus Spending Bill Protects National Housing Trust Fund
When the legislative text of the FY16 omnibus appropriations bill was released in the early hours of December 16, affordable housing and homeless advocates were elated that the bill did not raid the...
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New Infographics Illustrate Federal Budget
The Congressional Budget Office has released a set of infographics on FY15 spending and revenues and revenue and spending trends since FY95. The graphics show breakouts of the $3.7 trillion in federal...
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HUD Guidance on Using NHTF, HOME, and CDBG for Broadband Infrastructure
HUD updated its National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on December 30, 2015 to clarify that NHTF money may be used for installing broadband infrastructure. On the same...
View ArticleHousing Policy: 2015 Review and 2016 Outlook
In many ways 2015 was a significant year for NLIHC's policy agenda, even with a Congress generally characterized as “do-nothing.” As the country begins a presidential election year and extreme...
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Passing of Torch at NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Forum April 3-6
Bid a fond farewell to retiring NLIHC President and CEO Sheila Crowley and welcome the new CEO at NLIHC’s 2016 Policy Forum: Overcoming Housing Poverty, Achieving Housing Justice. The NLIHC Board of...
View ArticleNLIHC Accepting Applications for Summer Interns
NLIHC is accepting resumes for summer 2016 internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with...
View ArticleNLIHC Welcomes New Members in Fourth Quarter 2015
Welcome to the following individuals and organizations who joined NLIHC in the fourth quarter of 2015:New Organizational Members4 Feathers Development, Ames, IAAdapt of Texas, Austin, TXCenseo, Inc.,...
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Fact of The Week: Hardships Experienced by Households in Moving to...
Source: Smith, R.E., Popkin, S.J., George, T., & Comey, J. (2015). What Happens to Housing Assistance Leavers? Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research. 17, 3, 159-192.
View ArticleHow Households in the Moving To Opportunity Demonstration Fared after Leaving...
A study recently published in Cityscape explores how households in the Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration fared after leaving housing assistance. The authors of the article titled “What Happens...
View ArticleFrom The Field: Governor Cuomo Commits to Creating 20,000 New Units of...
During his annual State of the State address on January 13, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) announced a new commitment to build or rehabilitate 20,000 supportive housing units statewide over the...
View ArticleNLIHC Voterization Webinar, February 17
NLIHC kicks off its 2016 Voterization campaign with a series of webinars to train advocates and service providers on how to carry out effective voter engagement efforts. Strong participation by low...
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