Urge Congress to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund
NLIHC urges all organizations concerned about homelessness and the lack of affordable homes in the U.S. to sign onto a letter calling on Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund...
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United for Homes Advocacy Day, May 17
NLIHC and the United for Homes (UFH) campaign will have a national Advocacy Day – including a twitter storm and call to Congress – advocating for #SmartTaxReform to rebalance federal housing policy on...
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Webinar to Get the Message Right: How to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to...
Getting the Message Right: How to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Affordable Housing Friday, May 19 at 3pm ETRegister Today!In his blueprint for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, President Trump proposed to slash...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of May 7
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of May 7:“In the Age of Trump, We Need to Protect Map Databases,” Slate, May 11 at: http://slate.me/2qZ5IrG “$6...
View ArticlePAHRC Holds Forum in Boston on Sustainability and Resiliency, June 2
The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC), HAI Group’s research center, will be hosting its second annual PAHRC Report Forum, How Sustainable Communities Create Resilient People:...
View ArticleSocial Service Providers in Independence, MO Explore Affordable Housing and...
Social services providers from across Independence and eastern Jackson County, MO gathered for their third annual summit on May 9, organized under the theme of “working together for collective impact.”...
View ArticleNew Jersey Advocates Celebrate New Law Requiring Shelter in Severe Weather...
A new law requires all counties in New Jersey to have a plan in place to shelter all homeless individuals during conditions of severe weather. The “Code Blue” law was signed by Governor Chris Christie...
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Number of Renters Grows Dramatically Over Last Ten Years, Number of...
Source: 1-yr American Community Survey.
View ArticleBank Closures Since Great Recession Impact Access to Financial Services
A report by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), Bank Branch Closures from 2008-2016: Unequal Impact in America’s Heartland, finds that bank closures since the Great Recession have...
View ArticleNational Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty Hosts National Forum on Human...
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty will host a policy forum to support its newly-launched Housing Not Handcuffs national campaign, which fights against the criminalization of...
View ArticleUSDA Announces Plans to Eliminate Position of Under Secretary for Rural...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on May 11 plans to reorganize the agency to establish an Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. The plan also details other...
View ArticleWebinar on Effective Messaging to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Affordable...
Join a webinar titled “Getting the Message Right: How to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Affordable Housing” on May 19, 3:00-4:00 pm ET.In his spending blueprint for FY18, President Donald Trump proposed...
View ArticleFHFA Director Watt Testifies before Senate Banking Committee, Addresses HTF
The Banking Committee held a hearing on Thursday, May 11 on “The Status of the Housing Finance System after Nine Years of Conservatorship” with Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt...
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Calls to Reform the Mortgage Interest Deduction in the News
Calls to reform to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) have appeared in two major news outlets in recent weeks. In an editorial titled “Houses of Lobbyists” on May 6, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)...
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NLIHC to Release 2017 Out of Reach Report on June 8
NLIHC will release the 2017 edition of its annual report, Out of Reach, on June 8. Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing in every state and jurisdiction...
View ArticleTell Congress to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund
As Congress begins considering funding levels for FY18 and taking up housing finance reform legislation, NLIHC urges all organizations concerned about homelessness and the lack of affordable homes in...
View ArticleJoin Letters Opposing Harmful Policy Riders and Budget Cuts in FY18 Spending...
NLIHC has joined the Clean Budget Coalition (CBC) —a group of more than 100 organizations—to urge Congress to reject harmful poison-pill policy riders in the FY18 spending bills. NLIHC has also joined...
View ArticleOn May 17 Tell Congress to Support #SmartTaxReform
Join the United for Homes (UFH) campaign on May 17 to urge Congress to support modest reforms to the mortgage interest deduction (MID) that would benefit millions of lower income homeowners and to...
View ArticleStatement from Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income...
WASHINGTON, D.C.- President Trump’s 2018 budget– leaked earlier today – reflects a cruel indifference to the millions of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, veterans,...
View ArticleFrom the Field: California Bill to Reform the State’s Mortgage Interest...
Mortgage interest deduction (MID) reform continues to progress in the California state legislature. The “Bring California Home Act” (AB 71) would eliminate the state’s MID for second homes, which are...
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