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Policy Update
Federal Budget UpdateCongress has until December 9 to reach a deal to fund federal agencies and programs for the rest of fiscal year 2018 (FY18), which began on October 1, 2017. In September, Congress...
View ArticleNeighborhood Opportunity Provision Improved Locational Outcomes for Housing...
A study published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research, “Comparing Opportunity Metrics and Locational Outcomes in the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) Program,” finds that an...
View ArticleHouse Committee Passes Family Self Sufficiency Act
The House Financial Services Committee unanimously passed the “Family Self Sufficiency (FSS) Act” (HR 4258) on November 14. The bill, introduced by Representatives Sean Duffy (R-WI) and Emanuel Cleaver...
View ArticleCongress and Administration Negotiate FY18 Bipartisan Spending Deal
Discussions are underway between members of Congress and the administration to formulate a bipartisan spending deal that would raise the Budget Control Act limits on discretionary spending by more than...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the...
View ArticlePuerto Rico Requests $94.4 Billion for Disaster Recovery
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló sent a letter and a 90-page plan to President Donald Trump on November 13, requesting $94.4 in additional disaster aid to help the island rebuild and recover from...
View ArticleFlorida Governor Seeks to Raid State Housing Trust Fund for Emergency...
Governor Rick Scott (R) released his budget proposal on November 14 that would take $92 million away from the state affordable housing trust fund to help pay for $1.4 billion in investments for the...
View ArticleTexas Housers Asks HUD to Investigate Houston Discrimination in...
The Texas Low Income Housing Information Service (Texas Housers), an NLIHC state partner, sent a letter to Anna Maria Farias, assistant secretary for fair housing and equal opportunity at HUD, asking...
View ArticleTax Reform Could Impact Disaster Recovery
Housing groups in Texas and Florida sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) opposing the House Republican tax plan, saying it would hurt disaster recovery efforts. The House tax plan would...
View ArticleSenators Urge Creation of Disaster Housing Assistance Program
A group of 12 senators sent a letter on November 15 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long and HUD Secretary Ben Carson urging them to better coordinate hurricane recovery housing efforts in Puerto Rico and...
View ArticleHUD Announces $5 Billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster...
HUD announced on November 17 that will allocate $5.024 billion of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) funding to the state of Texas from the $7.4 billion that was appropriated...
View ArticleAdministration Submits $44 Billion Disaster Supplemental Request to Congress
The Trump administration submitted its latest disaster supplemental request to Congress on November 17. The White House is requesting $44 billion in emergency aid, including $25.2 billion for FEMA’s...
View ArticleHouse and Senate Finance Committee Pass Flawed Tax Reform Bills
The House of Representatives passed a seriously flawed tax reform bill by a vote of 227-205 on November 16. The legislation is estimated to increase the national debt by $1.5 trillion over a decade....
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Tenant Talk Now Available!
NLIHC released on November 17 the fall 2017 edition of Tenant Talk, a semi-annual newsletter created to engage residents in housing advocacy and to highlight innovative approaches and recent victories...
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NLIHC Accepting Nominations for 2018 Organizing Awards
NLIHC is accepting nominations for the 2018 Annual Organizing Awards, recognizing outstanding achievement during 2017 in statewide, regional, citywide, neighborhood, and/or resident organizing that...
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NLIHC 2018 Housing Policy Forum to Feature Charlie Cook on the Current U.S....
NLIHC’s 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement taking place in Washington, DC, March 19-21, 2018, will feature Charlie Cook, editor and publisher of The Cook Political Report and columnist...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION: Join Twitterstorm to Oppose the GOP Tax Reform Bill
U.S. senators will return to Washington next week to debate a GOP tax reform bill that puts future federal investments in affordable housing at risk of deep cuts. Join housing organizations and...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Monday, November 20, 2017
ADVOCACY ALERT Advocates’ Sign-On Letter to HUD. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law have opened a sign-on letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson about the urgent need to enter into a strong...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Monday, November 27, 2017
REMINDER OF ADVOCACY OPPORTUNITYDeadline Extended to Wednesday, November 29 (noon ET) to Join Sign-On Letter. The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law extended the deadline to join a sign-on...
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Deep Poverty Complicates Recovery Efforts for Puerto Rico
Within the span of two weeks in September, Hurricanes Irma and Maria brought massive devastation to Puerto Rico. Much of the island still remains without power and tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans...
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