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UFH Webinar on Direct Action for Mortgage Interest Deduction Reform, July 18
United for Homes (UFH) endorsers are invited to join a webinar, “Direct Action and the United for Homes Campaign: Disruption and Agitation in the Effort for MID Reform,” on Tuesday, July 18 at 2 pm ET....
View ArticleTell Congress to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund
There is still time to join the more than 1,000 national, state, and local organizations that have signed onto NLIHC’s letter urging Congress to protect and expand the national Housing Trust Fund...
View ArticleUrge Congress to Fully Fund Rural Housing Investments
NLIHC continues to urge advocates to contact their members of Congress about fully funding rural housing programs. President Donald Trump’s proposed FY18 budget would require significant reductions to...
View ArticleDeadline Today: Respond to Senate Committee Call for Tax Reform Proposals
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued a request for ideas and feedback-due today, July 17- on how to improve the American tax system. NLIHC plans to submit the United for Homes...
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National Events Include Rally, Twitter Storm, Call-in Day, and Voter...
The “Our Homes, Our Voices” National Housing Week of Action announces a series of national events for the week of July 22-29. They include:Wednesday, July 26: Rally at US CapitolRepresentative Barbara...
View ArticleMemo to Members & Partners | Volume 22, Issue 27
Enjoy “Memo to Members and Partners”NLIHC is now offering our weekly electronic newsletter, Memo to Members and Partners, to a broader list of NLIHC partners beyond current NLIHC members. If you are...
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Nearly 40 Local #OurHomesOurVoices Events Planned Throughout the Country
The number of local events throughout the country continues to grow. To-date, local housing advocates have planned 39 events in communities nationwide. Events include rallies, storytelling activities,...
View ArticleMore than 40 Events Planned Across the Country to Demand Greater Investments...
Washington, D.C.– Thousands of advocates, organizations, and elected officials in more than 30 cities across the country will join the Our Homes, Our VoicesNational Housing Week of Action, July 22 to...
View ArticleHUD Reschedules VAWA Training Webcasts
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs is offering two training webcasts about Notice H 2017-05, guidance it recently issued regarding the final rule implementing the Violence Against Women...
View ArticleHUD Publishes Technical Corrections to HOTMA Implementation Notice
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a notice in the Federal Register on July 14 making technical corrections to a notice published on January 18 (see Memo, 1/23) that implemented...
View ArticleHUD Posts Guidebook on Implementing Smoke-Free Policies in Public Housing
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted a guidebook titled Implementing HUD’s Smoke-Free Policy in Public Housing. The purpose of the guidebook is to help public housing agencies (PHAs)...
View ArticleHouse Committee Approves Budget Resolution That Proposes Massive Cuts to...
The House Budget Committee approved its FY18 budget and tax reform blueprint on July 19 along a party-line vote. If approved by Congress, the plan would dramatically re-write federal priorities over...
View ArticleSenate Advances Rural Housing Appropriations Bill
The full Senate Appropriations Committee voted to approve its draft FY18 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) spending bill, including funding for Rural Housing programs, on July 20. While the text of...
View ArticleHouse Appropriations Committee Approves FY18 THUD Spending Bill
The House Appropriations Committee moved forward with its FY18 spending bill for affordable housing and community development programs on July 17. NLIHC and others estimate the bill would result in the...
View ArticleSenate to Take Up FY18 THUD Spending Bill
The Senate will begin its work on its Transportation-HUD (THUD) spending bill this week. The Senate THUD Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to debate its FY18 spending bill on Tuesday, July 25 at...
View ArticleRepresentative Ellison and Senator Shaheen Introduce Bill to Stabilize...
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) introduced a bill on July 19 that would allow residents living in manufactured home communities to enjoy more stability without the threat of eviction. The Senate...
View ArticleDemocratic Senators Challenge HUD Nominees During Hearing
At the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing on the nominations of Paul Compton to be HUD general counsel, Anna Maria Farias to be HUD assistant secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and Neal...
View ArticleSenate GOP Continues to Push Healthcare Repeal Legislation
Legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act took twists and turns over the last week and its future remains uncertain. Senate Republican leaders and the White House are continuing to try...
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Terwilliger Foundation Calls for Reprioritizing Federal Housing Dollars
The J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families has published a report, “How Federal Dollars are Spent: The Case for New Priorities,” calling for reforms to the mortgage interest...
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Congressman Ellison and Author Matthew Desmond Discuss Mortgage Interest...
Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) and First Focus Campaign for Children hosted a briefing on July 19, where Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted, and other experts discussed...
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