The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign is pleased to announce two new state partners – Housing Action Illinois and Prosperity Indiana – have joined the campaign. Both…
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed on June 28 a state spending bill that increased the cap to $40 million on a revenue source for the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation…
NLIHC will host a congressional briefing on July 26 sponsored by Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Lacy Clay (D-MO) to share findings from NLIHC’s two newest reports, Out of Reach 2019 and…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 14:
“The House just voted to give 33 million workers a raise—here's what has to happen to make it a…
NLIHC released a Spanish edition of its report Out of Reach 2019 (Fuera de Alcance 2019) on July 22. This year’s edition is the 30th anniversary edition of Out of Reach, which…
NLIHC is accepting applications for our fall internship positions. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about social justice issues, with…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
National Alliance to End Homelessness Annual Conference 2019, Washington,…
In an extraordinary and historic rebuke of HUD Secretary Ben Carson, more than 30,000 people and organizations submitted comments on HUD’s cruel, wasteful and needless “mixed-status”…
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced on July 10 the “Fair Chance at Housing Act of 2019” (S. 2076 and H.R. 3685). The bill would reform…
The House Financial Services Committee on July 11 unanimously passed the “Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019” (H.R. 3620), which aims to preserve affordable homes and…
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing issued a Memorandum to owners and management agents of private HUD-assisted multifamily properties reminding them about existing guidance regarding their…
Forty-four public housing agencies (PHAs) submitted letters indicating their interest in participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) so-called “rent reform” Cohort #2. Another 52 PHAs…
