NLIHC in the News for the Week of January 7
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 31:“Ply Gem Building Products Tackles Affordable Housing with Year Three of The Home for Good Project,”...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Vermont Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity...
Vermont Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO) recently released a digital version of its “Illustrated Guide to Vermont Renters’ Rights.” The guide includes visually-appealing images...
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Fact of the Week: Small Area Fair Market Rents Increase Affordable Units in...
Source: NYU Furman Center (2018).
View ArticleSmall Area Fair Market Rents Increase Number of Affordable Rentals for...
A report by NYU’s Furman Center, “How Do Small Area Fair Market Rents Affect the Location and Number of Units Affordable to Voucher Holders,”found that use of Small Area fair market rents (FMRs) will...
View ArticleHousing Costs Leave Low Income Renters with Too Few Resources for Other...
An article by Jeff Larrimore and Jenny Schuetz published by the Federal Reserve, Assessing the Severity of Rent Burden on Low-Income Families, found that the lowest income renters, after paying their...
View ArticleHousing Trust Fund at Risk Due to Tax Reform
Due to unintended impacts from the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” signed into law in December, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) have announced they will likely need an advance from the U.S....
View ArticleCongress Faces Another Deadline to Fund Federal Government
Congress remains at an impasse over how to fund the federal government for FY18, creating the possibility of a government shutdown when the current stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery, January 16, 2018
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since the last Memo to Members and Partners (see...
View ArticleSenator Blumenthal Calls Federal Disaster Response in Puerto Rico a ‘Shameful...
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) on January 8 called on FEMA to extend the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program in Puerto Rico through the end of the 2018 school year. He also called for...
View ArticleFHFA Director Clarifies Mortgage Relief Options
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt issued a letter on December 1, 2017 addressing concerns about mortgage relief options for homeowners in areas affected by the 2017 hurricanes and...
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Local Advocates Brief Congress on Disaster Housing Recovery Efforts
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition held a congressional briefing on January 12 on “The State of Disaster Housing Recovery: Tools and Resources Needed to Ensure Equitable Recovery.”...
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Register Today for NLIHC 2018 Housing Leadership Reception, March 20
NLIHC’s annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception taking place in Washington DC on March 20, 2018, will recognize the 2018 Housing Leadership Award honorees Matt Desmond, MacArthur Genius awardee and...
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Charlie Cook to Address Current U.S. Political and Legislative Landscape at...
Charlie CookNLIHC’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...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, January 17, 2018
CongressThe Senate has not yet passed the latest $81 billion disaster-relief package that the House passed in late December. The Senate had planned to tie the bill to the next continuing resolution,...
View ArticleStudy Links Housing Instability to Increased Child and Caregiver Health Risks
A study by Megan Sandel, Richard Sheward, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, and others published in Pediatrics, “Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families,” finds that housing...
View ArticleFHFA Shares Views on Housing Finance Reform
Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mel Watt sent a letter and an accompanying report to the Senate Banking Committee on January 16 to provide the agency’s perspective on housing finance...
View ArticleHUD Provides Guidance on Small Area FMRs
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2018-01 on January 17 providing guidance regarding the provisions of the Small Area Fair Market Rent (Small Area FMR or SAFMR) rule....
View ArticleHUD Posts FAQs about Suspension of Assessment of Fair Housing Submissions
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) posted Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the January 5 Federal Register notice suspending most local governments’ obligation under the...
View ArticleSenate Committee Again Approves HUD Nominees
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs voted on January 17 to recommend two nominees for HUD assistant secretary positions. The nominees are Brian Montgomery for HUD assistant...
View ArticleFamily Self Sufficiency Act Passes House
The House of Representatives passed on January 16 the “Family Self Sufficiency Act” (HR 4258) under a “suspension of the rules,” a designation intended to speed passage of noncontroversial bills. The...
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