Over 100 NeighborWorks Training Institute Courses Offered in Washington DC,...
The next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) will take place in Washington, DC the week of December 11-15. The NTI offers more than 100 course offerings in affordable housing development and...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Detroit Establishes New Housing Trust Fund and Passes...
As Detroit continues its economic turnaround, gradual rent increases are creating concerns about increasing renter displacement. To ensure the people of Detroit are able to continue to live in the...
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Fact of the Week: High Income Households Benefit the Most from Two Largest...
Source: Apartment List. (2017). Imbalance in Housing Aid: Mortgage Interest Deduction vs. Section 8. San Francisco, CA: Author.
View ArticleNational Rental Housing Landscape Report Finds Poor Households Continue to be...
New York University’s Furman Center released their annual National Rental Housing Landscape report on October 5. The report looks at rental market data from 2006 to 2015 for the 53 largest metropolitan...
View ArticleSenators Ask GAO to Evaluate Cost of Housing Inaction
A bipartisan group of senators sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking the agency to evaluate whether the domestic housing market is currently meeting the country’s housing...
View ArticleHUD Secretary Carson Testifies Before House Panel on HUD Budget, Disaster...
The House Financial Services Committee held an oversight hearing on October 12 to discuss current HUD activities and programming with HUD Secretary Ben Carson. Dr. Carson defended the administration’s...
View ArticleNLIHC CEO Calls for MID Reforms to Help Lower Income Homeowners and Renters
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel wrote in an op-ed in The Hill on October 9 that the recently released Republican tax proposal leaves out reforms that would spur economic growth while providing...
View ArticleReport Highlights Imbalance in Federal Housing Expenditures for High and Low...
A new report by Andew Woo and Chris Salviati at Apartment List, Imbalance in Housing Aid: Mortgage Interest Deduction vs. Section 8, highlights the significant disparities in the distribution of...
View ArticleSen. Merkley, Rep. Ellison, and NLIHC to Host Congressional Briefing on MID...
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN), NLIHC, and the United for Homes campaign invite you to join us for a Congressional briefing, #SmartTaxReform: The Republican Tax Plan...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Hurricane Housing Recovery
The following is a review of developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria housing recovery since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in last week’s Memo, see 10/10)....
View ArticleSign Onto Letter Urging HUD to Prioritize Housing for those with Lowest...
The NLIHC-led Hurricane Housing Recovery Coalition drafted a new sign-on letter urging HUD to ensure that CDBG Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) resources be targeted towards housing for the low income...
View ArticleHouse Passes $36.5 Billion in Disaster Aid
The House approvedon October 12, by a vote of 353-69, a supplemental spending bill that would provide $36.5 billion in funding for hurricane and wildfire relief and recovery. The bill mirrors the...
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Join NLIHC in Recognizing the 2018 Housing Leadership Award Honorees
Please join NLIHC in recognizing the 2018 Housing Leadership Award honorees, Senator Susan Collins, Lisa Hasegawa, and Matthew Desmond. Make a contribution in their honor to NLIHC’s annual Leadership...
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NLIHC Announces 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement, March 19-21
Register today for NLIHC’s 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement. The Forum, taking place in Washington, DC, March 19-21, 2018, will provide opportunities to engage with affordable housing...
View ArticleHurricanes, Monday, October 16, 2017
GENERAL UPDATESOn October 13, seven Senators, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Bill Nelson (D-FL), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Cory...
View ArticleNew Report Shows That the Mortgage Interest Deduction is One of the Drivers...
Washington, DC - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) and the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University’s Heller School released today a report, “Misdirected...
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Take Action: Sign onto Letter Urging HUD to Focus on Housing Needs of Lowest...
Take Action: Sign onto Letter Urging HUD to Prioritize Housing for those with the Lowest Incomes in Disaster Recovery The NLIHC-led Hurricane Housing Recovery Coalition drafted a new sign-on letter...
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NEW Report! Misdirected Investments
NLIHC partnered with the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (IASP) on this report about the MID Click Here to Read the ReportImage: Link:...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, October 17, 2017
General UpdatesEmergency Funding. The Senate may take up the $37 billion disaster supplemental spending bill on Friday. The House version of the bill provided the disaster recovery funding requested by...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, October 18, 2017
GENERAL UPDATESPotential Misappropriation of Funds. Four members of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Rob Bishop [R-UT-01], Bruce Westerman [R-AR-04], Doug LaMalfa [R-CA-01], Jenniffer...
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