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Opportunity Starts at Home: State Campaigns in the Spotlight!
To continue to broaden our multi-sector effort, the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign selected seven state partners to receive capacity-building grants to broaden and diversify each state’s housing...
View ArticleHouse Passes Rescission Package that Includes Cuts to Affordable Housing...
The House approved, by a vote of 210-206, a rescission package on June 7. “The Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act” (HR 3), based on an earlier proposal by the White House, includes...
View ArticleSenate Committee Approves Robust Funding for Affordable Housing in FY19
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted June 7 to approve a draft FY19 spending bill that provides robust funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD. The strong Senate...
View ArticleHouse Committee Holds Hearing on the Definition of Homelessness
The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on June 6 to discuss HUD’s definition of homelessness and review the “Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2017” (HR 1511), introduced by...
View ArticleFlorida Democrats Call On Carson to Abandon Proposal to Cut Housing Benefits
Representative Charlie Crist (D-FL) led Democrats in the Florida congressional delegation in sending a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson, urging the administration to abandon its proposal to cut...
View ArticleCongressional Hispanic Caucus Opposes Cuts to Housing Benefits
Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson expressing their concerns with the Trump administration’s proposal to cut housing benefits and increase rents on...
View ArticleNew Democrat Coalition Releases Report on Housing Crisis
The Housing Task Force of the New Democrat Coalition released a report on America’s housing crisis on June 6. The report, Missing Millions of Homes, discusses the rising cost of housing, the lack of...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – June 11
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 ArticleRepresentatives Call for Hearing on Puerto Rico Disaster Recovery
Fourteen U.S. representatives sent a letter to House Natural Resources Committee Chair Rob Bishop (R-UT), calling on him to hold a hearing to evaluate disaster recovery efforts in Puerto Rico after...
View ArticleNLIHC Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Suit against FEMA on Behalf of Disaster...
The Penn State Law Civil Rights Appellate Clinic filed an amicus brief on behalf of NLIHC, the Mississippi Center for Justice, SBP (formerly known as the St. Bernard Project), and Texas Low Income...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Coalition Applauds Committee Approval of CDBG-DR...
The House Financial Services Committee approved on June 7 the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2018,” (HR 4557) permanently authorizing the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery...
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NLIHC to Release the 2018 Out of Reach Report on June 13
NLIHC will release the 2018 edition of its annual report Out of Reach at 10:00 am ET on June 13. Out of Reach documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing everywhere in the...
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Take Action: Urge Representatives to Vote “No” On Flawed Opioid Bill
The House of Representatives will vote Thursday, June 14 on H.R. 5735, the “Transitional Housing for Recovery in Viable Environments Demonstration Program (THRIVE) Act,” introduced by Representative...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Federal ResponseCongressRepresentative Ann Wagner’s (R-MO) bill to permanently authorize CDBG-DR has passed through committee with a vote of 53-3. The bill--including several amendments drafted in...
View ArticleNew Report Answers the Question ‘How Much Do You Have to Earn to Afford a...
Washington, D.C.- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its 2018 Out of Reach: The High Cost of Housing report today, revealing that on average a full-time worker in the U.S. must...
View ArticleOn its 30th Anniversary, Harvard State of Nation’s Housing Report Shows...
Washington, D.C.– The Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies’ 30th annual The State of the Nation’s Housing report shows that, since the study’s inaugural release in 1988, the number of households...
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Call Your Senators to Oppose Rescission Cuts to Affordable Housing Programs
NLIHC urges advocates and organizations to call their senators and urge them to vote “no” on the “The Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act,” which would cut $15 billion in previously...
View ArticleUpdate: Senators Vote Down Rescission Cuts to Affordable Housing Programs
Just hours ago, the Senate rejected the “The Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act” by a vote of 48-50. The bill would have cut $15 billion in previously approved funding, including...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Tuesday, June 20, 2018
Federal ResponseCongressSenator Bill Nelson (D-FL) called on Senate leadership in a letter to take up two bills to help hurricane survivors find safe and affordable housing. The Disaster Housing...
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Urgent Action Needed: House May Vote Today to Cut Nutrition Assistance. Call...
Please call your representatives today and urge them to vote “no” on the House Farm Bill (H.R. 2), which would cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (formerly food stamps)...
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