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Fact of The Week: Rents Outpace Wages and Income, 2007-2015
Source: 1-yr American Community Survey, Economic Policy Institute (2016), dollars adjusted for inflation.
View ArticleBoth Black and White Households Depend Equally on Assisted Housing, but Black...
A study by Sandra J. Newman and Scott Holupka, “Race and Assisted Housing,” published in Housing Policy Debate explores racial disparities between black and white families with children living in...
View ArticleNLCHP Hosts National Forum on Human Right to Housing, June 6-7
The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty (NLCHP) will host a policy forum to support its newly launched Housing Not Handcuffs national campaign, which fights against the criminalization of...
View ArticleRepresentatives Voice Concern over Plan to Eliminate USDA Rural Development...
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue faced tough questions from representatives on the House Agriculture Committee about the administration’s proposal to eliminate the position...
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Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testified before the Senate Banking Committee on May 18 that the Trump administration would take up housing finance reform in the second half of the year. He said that...
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Democratic Lawmakers Urge Congress to Raise Spending Caps
Democratic lawmakers urged their colleagues to come to a bipartisan agreement to raise federal spending caps equally for defense and nondefense programs for FY18. Without an agreement, the cap on...
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Trump FY18 Budget Calls for Massive Cuts to Affordable Housing Programs
A copy of President Trump’s 2018 budget for HUD was leaked on May 19. The leaked budget would slash funding for affordable housing programs that millions of low income seniors, people with...
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UFH Campaign Provides “Taxpayer Profiles”
The “Resources” page on the United for Homes (UFH) website includes images for Twitter and Facebook, data, fact sheets, and other tools to assist advocates in spreading the message about the simple UFH...
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House Committee Holds Hearing on Tax Reform and Economic Growth
The House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on May 18 on “How Tax Reform Will Grow Our Economy and Create Jobs.” Focusing almost entirely on corporate taxes, Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) and...
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Sessions from NLIHC Housing Policy Forum Now Available Online
For those who were unable to attend the NLIHC 2017 Housing Policy Forum: Advancing Solutions in a Changing Landscape in Washington, DC on April 3-5, video recordings of all the plenary sessions are now...
View ArticleNLIHC to Unveil the “Housing Wage” for Every Jurisdiction in the U.S. on June 8
NLIHC will release on June 8 the 2017 edition of its annual report, Out of Reach, which provides the “Housing Wage” a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest rental home in every state and...
View ArticleOppose Harmful Policy Riders and Budget Cuts in FY18 Spending Bills
Sign your organization onto a letter from the Clean Budget Coalition (CBC)—a group of more than 100 organizations—telling Congress to reject harmful poison-pill policy riders in the FY18 spending bills...
View ArticleTrump Administration Calls for Defunding 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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Point of View: Trump’s Massive Cuts to Housing Must be Stopped
By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEOPresident Trump is expected to release his full FY2018 budget proposal tomorrow. We got a detailed preview through a leaked document on Friday, May 19. If the...
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Trump proposes severe budget cuts to HUD and USDA. Act Now!
Trump proposes severe budget cuts to HUD and USDA. Act now!Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, May 31 at 3pm ETRegister Today for this Webinar!President Trump’s FY18 budget request – released today –...
View ArticleStatement from Diane Yentel, President and CEO of the National Low Income...
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released statements on Friday, May 19 and on Monday, May 22, noting the cruelty of President Trump’s fiscal year (FY) 2018 budget to...
View ArticleJ. Paul Compton Nominated as HUD General Counsel
The Trump administration nominated J. Paul Compton to serve as HUD general counsel. Mr. Compton is a partner in the Birmingham, Alabama law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. According to the White...
View ArticleCPD Reduces Annual Action Plan Public Comment Period to 14 Days for FY17
Because Congress only recently enacted the FY17 appropriations act (see Memo, 5/8), HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) is waiving the regulatory requirement that jurisdictions...
View ArticlePIH Provides VAWA Guidance for PHAs and Owners Who Accept Vouchers
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH-2017-08 providing guidance about complying with the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013” (VAWA 2013). Although the...
View ArticleTrump Budget Receives Cool Reception from Congress, Budget Committees Hear...
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle criticized President Donald Trump’s FY18 budget request to cut billions of dollars from programs that help low income people. Some Republicans have...
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