Report Finds Rapid Re-housing Is an Effective Low-Cost Intervention to Homelessness
In the report titled Rapid Re-housing’s Role in Responding to Homelessness, the Urban Institute reviews literature on the effectiveness of rapid re-housing. A short-term, crisis-response program,…
NLIHC and PAHRC Issue New Report on ‘Year 30’ and on Balancing Preservation and Mobility in the Tax Credit Program
NLIHC and the Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released a new report on October 17 titled Balancing Priorities: Preservation and Neighborhood Opportunity in the Low Income…
House Democrats Seek to Block ‘Public Charge’ Rule
Representative Judy Chu (D-CA) and 49 Democratic colleagues in the House introduced the “No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act of 2018” (H. R. 7052) on October 9. The bill, which was…
HUD Posts Moving to Work PHA Plan Supplement and Notice Inviting Small PHAs to Apply for First MTW Cohort
HUD’s Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program office published two documents the week of October 15, a special MTW PHA Plan Supplement and Notice PIH-2018-17 inviting small PHAs to apply for MTW…
NLIHC Submits Comments Regarding HUD’s Proposal to “Streamline” AFFH Rule
NLIHC submitted comments in response to HUD’s Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking to “streamline” the July 16, 2015 Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule. NLIHC urged HUD…
Utah Housing Coalition Hosts First Opportunity Starts at Home Multi-Sector Congressional Panel
The Utah Housing Coalition (UHC) hosted its first congressional panel (pictured below) on affordable housing under the banner of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing…
Homes for All Minnesota Hosts Pre-Election Candidate Forum
Homes for All Minnesota hosted a forum in September for the two candidates running for lieutenant governor in Minnesota. The forum, Foundation for our Future: Housing as an Economic Driver,…
Treasury Department and IRS Provide Advance Version of Proposed Opportunity Zone Regulations
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent IRS Newswire IR-2018-206 on October 19 announcing an advance version of proposed Opportunity Zone tax…
Representative DeSaulnier Proposes Creation of HUD Office of Housing Innovation
Representative Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA) introduced H.R. 7054, the “Housing Innovation Act,” which would establish an Office of Housing Innovation within HUD. The new office would focus on “developing…
Senator Heller Proposes New Housing Tax Credit for Seniors
Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) introduced on October 11 the “Seniors Housing Tax Credit Act” (S.3580), a bill to create a new tax credit to help make housing affordable to extremely low income senior…
Representative Clyburn Proposes Renters Credit and Local Zoning Reforms
Representative James E. Clyburn (D-SC) introduced on October 9 the “Housing Opportunity, Mobility and Equity (HOME) Act of 2018” (H.R. 7050), the House version of the Senate legislation (S.3342)…