United for Homes Webinar on Racial Equity and Mortgage Interest Deduction Reform
United for Homes endorsers are invited to join a webinar, “Housing, Racial Equity, and United for Homes,” on June 14 at 2 pm ET. Guest presenters from NLIHC and a number of United for Homes endorsers...
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NLIHC Releases Out of Reach 2017: National Housing Wage is $21.21 per Hour
Out of Reach 2017: The High Cost of HousingNLIHC released Out of Reach 2017 on June 8. The report’s Housing Wage is the hourly wage a full-time worker must earn to afford a modest apartment while...
View ArticleUrge Congress to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund
President Donald Trump’s FY18 budget proposal would eliminate funding to the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF). NLIHC urges all organizations concerned about homelessness and the lack of affordable...
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Advocates Plan Day of Action on July 29 to Call for Greater Federal...
NLIHC and other state, local, and national leaders call on advocates, elected officials, and concerned citizens to participate in the Our Homes, Our Voices day of action on July 29 to bring more...
View ArticleStatement by National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane...
Washington, D.C. - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 allocations of state-by-state funding levels for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF)...
View ArticleHUD Announces 2017 HTF Allocations, $219.1 million Available Nationwide
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) applauds the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 allocations of state-by-state funding levels for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) from the...
View ArticleAmy Cantu Thompson Nominated as HUD Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs
President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Amy Cantu Thompson as HUD assistant secretary for public affairs.Ms. Thompson currently serves as the deputy assistant secretary for public...
View ArticleCPD Notice Encourages Grantees to Plan for Disasters
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued Notice CPD-17-6 encouraging CPD formula grantees to undertake comprehensive pre-disaster planning to be prepared to use CPD funds for...
View ArticleNLIHC Submits Comments on MTW Operations Notice
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD’s draft Operations Notice for Expansion of the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program (see Memo, 5/8). NLIHC conveyed strong opposition to the inclusion of...
View ArticleNLIHC Responds to HUD Notice Seeking to Reduce Regulatory Burdens
NLIHC submitted a letter responding to a HUD request in a Federal Register notice dated May 15, 2017 seeking suggestions for regulations “that may be outdated, ineffective, or exceedingly burdensome,...
View ArticleBanking Committee Advances HUD Deputy Secretary Nomination to the Senate
On June 14, the Senate Committee on Banking voted to recommend the nomination of Pam Patenaude to serve as HUD deputy secretary. Her nomination was supported by all members in attendance except for...
View ArticleTreasury Secretary Mnuchin Testifies Before Senate Budget Committee
The Senate Budget Committee held a hearing to consider President Trump’s FY18 Budget and Revenue proposals on June 14. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared before the Committee to provide...
View ArticleAdvocates Hold Congressional Briefings on NLIHC’s Out of Reach Findings and...
Today, June 19, NLIHC will host a Senate briefing on the 2017 Out of Reach report and federal policy solutions to the growing affordable rental housing crisis. NLIHC encourages advocates to invite...
View ArticleSenator Kaine Introduces Bill to Protect LGBT People from Housing Discrimination
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2017 on June 8 to extend the Fair Housing Act’s protections to those at risk of discrimination because of their sexual orientation...
View ArticleSenators Blunt and Reed Introduce the Bipartisan Family Self Sufficiency Act
On June 13, Senators Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Jack Reed (D-RI), along with original cosponsors Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ), introduced the Family Self Sufficiency Act (FSS Act)...
View ArticleThe Rare Occurrence of Mortgages Over $500,000
NLIHC’s A Rare Occurrence: The Geography and Race of Mortgages Over $500,000 report was published in November 2015 but it remains relevant today. The report reveals that only 5% of the mortgages...
View ArticleRepresentative Ellison Cites NLIHC Report in Urging Congress to Enact The...
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to his colleagues in Congress on June 13, highlighting NLIHC’s new Out of Reach report and inviting them to cosponsor the “Common Sense Housing...
View ArticleUrge Members of Congress to Fully Fund Rural Housing Investments
During a hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies on June 13, Senators from both parties voiced...
View ArticleJoin More than 1,000 Organizations in Protecting and Expanding the National...
More than 1,000 national, state, and local organizations have signed onto NLIHC’s letter urging Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF), which President Trump proposed to...
View ArticleToday is Last Day to Join CHN letter Opposing Budget Cuts in FY18
NLIHC has joined the Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) to urge Congress to pass a clean budget that promotes opportunity for all, safeguards and advances basic living standards, and protects the...
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