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Emergency Housing Assistance Updates

Senator Mark Warner Introduces Bill That Would Classify Municipal Bonds as High-Quality Liquid Assets

On April 5, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced a bill in the Senate that would classify municipal bonds as high-quality liquid assets.

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017 Section by Section Analysis

Section 101 - Average income test - Under current law, Housing Credit apartments serve renters with incomes up to 60 percent of area median income (AMI) and rents are comparably restricted.

H.R.1661 – Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2017

Introduced in March 2017, the bill expands and strengthens the Housing Credit program.

Administration’s FY 2018 Budget

Proposes funding for all federal programs, including HUD and USDA rural housing programs, for FY 2018.

The National Low Income Housing Coalition | Out of Reach 2017

Across the nation, millions of America’s families are struggling to pay their rent each month. Growing numbers of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, and other vulnerable people have more month than money. NLIHC’s annual report, Out of Reach, documents the gap between renters’ wages and the cost of rental housing.

Administration’s FY 2019 Budget

Proposes funding for all federal programs, including HUD and USDA rural housing programs, for FY 2019.

HUD Interim Guidance on How States Should Comply with AFFH

Provides interim guidance on how states should comply with the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule until HUD finalizes the state Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) Tool.

Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University | Projections and Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Adults 2015-2035

Over the next twenty years, the population aged 65 and over is expected to grow from 48 million to 79 million. Meanwhile, the number of households headed by someone in that age group will increase by 66 percent to almost 50 million—with the result that by 2035, an astounding one out of three American

FHA | FY 2016 Annual Report to Congress

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today released its annual report to Congress on the financial condition of the Federal Housing Administration’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance (MMI) Fund.