Senators Urge Leadership to Lift Spending Caps, Fund Affordable Housing Programs
A group of 12 Democratic Senators sent a letter on June 18 to congressional leadership urging them to lift the budget caps mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011 so Congress can prioritize…
Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro Proposes Bold Affordable Housing Plan
Presidential candidates are increasingly focused on affordable housing, and this primary season has featured more proposals to address the nation’s housing affordability crisis than any before. Most…
"Our Homes, Our Votes, Our Iowa" Hosts Candidate Forum with Former HUD Secretary Julián Castro
Our Homes, Our Votes, Our Iowa, a nonpartisan candidate-engagement partnership between NLIHC and the Polk County Housing Trust Fund, attracted national attention on June 15 with its first town hall…
NLIHC Releases "Out of Reach 2019": National Housing Wage is Nearly $23 Per Hour for a Modest Two-Bedroom Rental
NLIHC released on June 18 the 30th anniversary edition of its report Out of Reach, which documents the significant gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing throughout the U.S. The…
Fact of the Week: Costs of Major Weather and Climate Events Has Grown Dramatically in Last Four Decades
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. (2019). U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters
Senate Confirms Two HUD Assistant Secretaries
The Senate confirmed on June 20 Hunter Kurtz to be HUD assistant secretary for Public and Indian Housing (PIH) and Seth Appleton to be HUD assistant secretary for Policy Development and Research (PD…
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Disaster Recovery for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House and Senate, including Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) and Representatives Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Chris Smith (R-NJ), introduced the “…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - June 24, 2019
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 6/17). Federal HUD…
Opportunity Starts at Home Collaborates with Where Will We Live to Elevate Resident Voices
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign’s latest podcast episode elevates the personal stories of seven people across the country whose lives have been transformed by…
From the Field: Illinois Gains Major Affordable Housing Wins in General Assembly
Illinois wrapped up its General Assembly session on June 2, but not before approving major new investments in affordable housing and acting to address the state’s structural budget deficit. The new…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of June 16
NLIHC’s Out of Reach 2019 report has been covered in over 160 news stories since its publication on June 18. Here is a sampling of stories: “Google Pledges to Invest $1 Billion to Ease Bay Area…