A bipartisan group of eight senators introduced a $13.6 billion disaster relief package (S. 572) on February 26. The bill includes $1.06 billion in Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery…
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing, “The Administration of Disaster Recovery Funds in the Wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria,” on…
The following is a review of disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 2/25).
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published a final rule on February 26 amending the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) compliance monitoring regulation. The regulation pertains to two provisions…
An article by Seungbeom Kang in Housing Policy Debate, “Why Low-Income Households Become Unstably Housed: Evidence From the Panel Study of Income Dynamics,” identified income and job insecurity, lack…
Oregon is the first state to implement a statewide rent stabilization law. Governor Kate Brown (D) signed Senate Bill 608 (SB 608) on February 28, protecting Oregon renters from the frequent and…
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is holding a webinar on March 5 at 2:00 p.m. ET to discuss the final FY19 HUD budget and what it means for low-income communities. The webinar will…
NLIHC is a co-host of the People & Places 2019 conference being held April 15–17 in Arlington, VA, minutes from Washington, DC. Eighteen national nonprofits have joined forces to present…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of February 24.
“Public housing: Once desired, now a decades-long decline in CT,” Laredo Morning Times,…
NLIHC is accepting applications for its field internship position for the winter/spring 2019 semester. The NLHC field intern assists our Field team in creating email campaigns focused on important…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
Tennessee Housing Conference, Nashville, TN, March 6 and 7
NCSHA…
