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Take Action: Call Your Members of Congress to Oppose the GOP Tax Reform Bill
Now that the House and Senate have each passed their own versions of the Republican tax bill, congressional leaders must iron out the differences and hold a vote on the final tax bill in both chambers....
View ArticleStatement by National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane...
Washington, DC - The House Financial Services Committee will vote next week on a bill – introduced by Congressman French Hill (R-AR) – that includes a provision to hold hostage the national Housing...
View ArticleHelp End Homelessness and Housing Poverty When You Shop on Amazon Smile
This holiday season and throughout the year, you can support NLIHC’s mission to end homelessness and housing poverty when you shop on Amazon Smile. Amazon will make a contribution to NLIHC on your...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeks Field Intern for Winter/Spring 2018 Semester
NLIHC is accepting applications for a field internship position for the Winter/Spring 2018 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate...
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Fact of the Week: Significant Increase in People Experiencing Chronic...
Source: HUD. (2017). The 2017 Annual Homelessness Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress. Washington, DC: Author.
View ArticleLocal Nuisance Ordinances Disproportionately Impact Renters, Minorities, and...
A paper by researchers at Cleveland State University and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio, Who is a Nuisance? Criminal Activity Nuisance Ordinances in Ohio, finds local nuisance ordinances...
View ArticleMortgage Interest Deduction Reform Would Have Little Impact in Rural Counties
Recent research from the Housing Assistance Council, Proposed Changes to the Mortgage Interest Deduction and What They Could Mean for Rural America, examines the size of mortgages and the impacts of...
View ArticleHUD Annual Homeless Assessment Shows Increase in Homelessness
HUD released The 2017 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) to Congress last week. The assessment reveals that 553,742 people were homeless in the United States on a single night in January 2017, a...
View ArticleCurtis Anderson Appointed Chief of Staff for USDA Rural Housing Service
Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett appointed Curtis Anderson as chief of staff for USDA Rural Development’s Rural Housing Service (RHS) on December 4. Mr. Anderson previously...
View ArticleHUD Unveils EnVision Center Demonstration
HUD provided an advanced notice of its proposed EnVision Center Demonstration on December 7. When eventually published in the Federal Register, the notice will solicit comments on a demonstration to...
View ArticleCongress Passes Two-Week Stopgap Funding Bill
Congress averted a government shutdown by passing a two-week stopgap funding measure on December 7. The House passed the measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), keeping the government operating...
View ArticleSenate Committee Passes Bill That Would Undermine Health and Safety of Some...
The Senate Banking Committee approved the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act” (S. 2155) on December 5. The bill includes provisions that would undermine the physical...
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Webinar on the Proposed Tax Reform Legislation, December 13
United for Homes endorsers are invited to join a webinar, “Damage Assessment: How Congressional Tax Reform Legislation Threatens Production of Affordable Homes,” on December 13 at 2:00 pm ET. NLIHC...
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 ArticleDisaster Recovery Reform Act Moves Out of House Committee
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved H.R. 4460, “The Disaster Recovery Reform Act” (DRRA), on November 30. The bill provides reforms to FEMA’s response and recovery programs,...
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Nominations for NLIHC 2018 Organizing Awards Due by January 12!
Make a nomination today for the NLIHC 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 Explore Making Housing an Issue with the...
NLIHC’s 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement taking place in Washington, DC, March 19-21, 2018, will feature a session on making housing an issue with the media. Invited speakers include...
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Tell Congress to Oppose Any Tax Reform that Would Worsen the Affordable...
Republicans leaders are working to resolve the differences between the House- and Senate-passed versions of tax reform legislation, and the conference committee formally meets on Wednesday, December...
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Housing Trust Fund at Risk: House Committee Votes on Tuesday, December 12
Tell Congress to oppose a bill that would stop payments to national Housing Trust Fund! The House Financial Services Committee will vote on Tuesday, December 12 on a bill, H.R. 4560, introduced by...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of December 10
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 10:“How The House Tax Overhaul Bill Could Hurt Affordable Housing,” National Public Radio, December 15...
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