Housing Headlines
Multifamily housing bonds could be attached to economic stimulus
As lawmakers in Washington search for bipartisan pieces to a third round of legislation to deal with the COVID-19 crisis, one popular measure that could hitch a ride on a larger economic stimulus...
New NLIHC Report: Sustained Public Investment Needed to Ensure Lowest-Income People Have Access to Decent, Accessible, Affordable Homes
Washington, DC - The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, a new report released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), finds a national shortage of seven million affordable and...
HUD Kicks Off 2020 Secretary’s Awards For Healthy Homes Competition
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced it’s opening this year’s HUD Secretary Awards for Healthy Homes. Promoting healthy homes that foster...
HUD Awards Funds to Build 1,100 Homes for Low-Income Seniors
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today awarded more than $51 million in housing assistance to non-profit organizations across the country to finance more...
New Report Shows America’s Rental Affordability Crisis Climbing The Income Ladder
CAMBRIDGE, MA – Rental market conditions in the United States have changed fundamentally since the Great Recession, according to America’s Rental Housing 2020, a new report out today from the...
HUD Issues Improved Fair Housing Rule
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today published its proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule, which offers clearer guidance to states and local...
The conundrum affordable housing poses for the nation
The nation is in the grip of an affordable housing crisis. A severe shortage of homes for working-class and low-income families is pushing up house prices and rents across the country,...
HUD and VA Announce Support to Help Homeless Veterans Find Permanent Homes
WASHINGTON – In a continuing effort to end veteran homelessness, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today announced $29.3...
Top Congressional Negotiators Announce Tentative Deal on $1.3 Trillion in Federal Spending, Likely Averting Government Shutdown
The deal came after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin visited Capitol Hill on Thursday to review a final list of sticking points. The agreement in principle sets up votes next week. Congress and the...
Financial Regulators Propose Overhaul of Anti-Redlining Law
Financial regulators appointed by the Trump administration proposed Thursday an overhaul of a 40-year-old anti-discrimination law, potentially upending the way banks make loans to low-income...
