HUD Offers Expanded AFFH FAQs and Webcast on Fair Housing Planning Process
In addition to numerous other materials on the new Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that HUD released on December 31 (see Memo, 1/8), a greatly expanded set of Frequently Asked...
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President to Request Funding for Mobility Counseling and Choice Neighborhood...
President Barack Obama did not mention housing in his State of the Union address on January 12, but Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan later provided a preview of some items that...
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Register Today for 2016 Housing Forum April 3-5
Register today for NLIHC’s 2016 Policy Forum: Overcoming Housing Poverty, Achieving Housing Justice taking place in Washington D.C. on April 3-5, 2016. The Forum will convene housing and homeless...
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February 5th is Deadline for Annual Organizing Award Nominations
The February 5 nomination deadline for NLIHC’s Annual Organizing Award is quickly approaching. Please nominate an outstanding local or statewide organizing effort. The 2016 Organizing Award recognizes...
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2016 Organizing Award
Nominations accepted through February 5th for our Annual Organizing Award. This year's winner will be announced at the 2016 NLIHC Policy Forum. Click here to submit a nomination.Image: Link:...
View ArticleNLIHC Accepting Applications for Summer 2016 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 Spring Policy Intern Michael Chapman
Michael Chapman joins NLIHC as a spring policy intern. Originally from Mililani, Hawaii, Michael is currently studying Government at Georgetown University. Michael’s interest in housing policy arose...
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Fact of the Week: Income Change at the Bottom and Top of Income Distribution...
Source: Berube, A., Holmes, N. (2016). City and Metropolitan Inequality on the Rise, Driven by Declining Incomes. Retrieved from...
View Article2010-2014 ACS PUMS Data Released
On January 21, the U.S. Census Bureau released the five-year Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) file for the 2010-2014 American Community Survey (ACS). The Census Bureau makes PUMS files available to...
View ArticleNHC Reviews State of Research on Housing and Healthcare Costs
A new literature review by Lisa Sturtevant and Janet Viveiros of the National Housing Conference (NHC), How Investing in Housing Can Save on Health Care, examines the current state of research on the...
View ArticleIncome Inequality on the Rise
A report by Alan Berube and Natalie Holmes of the Brookings Institution, City and Metropolitan Inequality on the Rise, Driven by Declining Incomes, shows that income inequality in the United States is...
View ArticleFrom The Field: Alaska Governor Hosts Housing Summit to Develop Affordability...
On January 6, Alaska Governor Bill Walker (I) convened advocates, state officials, and housing developers to explore solutions to the state’s worsening housing affordability and safety challenges....
View ArticleNLIHC Voterization Webinar, February 17
Plan to attend NLIHC’s first Voterization webinar of 2016, “Understanding and Overcoming the Challenges of Voter Registration,” on Wednesday, February 17, at 2:00 pm ET. NLIHC will offer a series of...
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2015 Tax Breaks Increase Deficit Projections, Hearings Set
“In 2016, the federal budget deficit will increase, in relation to the size of the economy, for the first time since 2009,” the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated in a summary of a semi-annual...
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Deadline Approaching for Annual Organizing Award Nominations
February 5th is the deadline for NLIHC members to submit nominations for the prestigious annual Organizing Award. Don’t miss this opportunity to win recognition for outstanding achievements during 2015...
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Barney Frank to Honor Sheila Crowley at April 3-5 Housing Policy Forum
One of the many highlights of NLIHC’s 2016 Housing Policy Forum will be former U.S Congressman Barney Frank’s tribute to retiring NLIHC President and CEO Sheila Crowley. This year’s Forum, taking place...
View ArticleAtlanta NeighborWorks Training Institute, February 22-26
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) takes place Feb. 22-26 in Atlanta, GA. The NTI will offer over 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and financing, housing asset...
View ArticleNational Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness, February 18-19
The National Alliance to End Homelessness will hold its annual National Conference on Ending Family and Youth Homelessness on February 18-19, 2016, in Oakland, California.Community leaders,...
View ArticleRent Increases Forecasted to Slow Down in 2016, But Not for Low Income Renters
Online real estate company Zillow forecasts that annual appreciation in rental prices will slow down nationally from 3.3 percent in 2015 to 1.1 percent by December 2016. The median monthly rental cost...
View ArticleFrom the Field: New Mexico Advocates Demand More Funding for Housing and...
Members and allies of the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness (NMCEH), an NLIHC State Partner, rallied at the state capitol in Santa Fe on January 27 for NMCEH’s annual Lobby Day. More than 90...
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