NLIHC

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In last night’s state of the union address, President Obama called for investment in innovation, education and infrastructure to spur job growth and sustain America’s leadership in the world. He offered a five year freeze on domestic discretionary spending to begin to bring down the federal deficit, but said that we must “make sure that we’re not doing it on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 26, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 38, allowing the chair of the House Budget Committee to set nondefense discretionary spending to FY08 levels or lower for FY11. This could result in a spending reduction of more than $60 billion in the current fiscal year, hurting all Americans and disproportionately impacting those in the greatest need.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 24, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a January 21 letter to White House policy chiefs, the National Housing Trust Fund Campaign called on the Obama Administration to recommend funding for the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) in its upcoming report on the future of federal housing finance policy.

Washington, DC - October 4, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- A majority of U.S. renters lived in unaffordable housing in 2009, according to new data from the 2009 American Community Survey (ACS) released by the Census Bureau on September 28, the result of a continuing rise in rents and a loss of affordable housing on the one hand and a decline in incomes on the other. This trend has hit the lowest income renters the hardest. The data also point to rising demand for renting and away from homeownership, and describe other housing trends

Washington, DC - September 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Researchers from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) are available to speak to members of the media on the 2009 American Community Survey data, which is expected to be released Tuesday, September 28.

Washington, DC - July 20, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Low Income Housing Coalition applauds the expected enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protections Act (H.R. 4173), which has passed the House and Senate and is likely to be signed by President Obama this week. While the bill’s financial reform and consumer-protection provisions have been well documented, the act also includes housing provisions important to low income households and communities

Washington, DC - June 23, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) has released a plan that would put the United States on the path to ending homelessness among veterans and chronically homeless individuals by 2015 and among children, youth, and families by 2020.

New York, NY - June 15, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies released its State of the Nation’s Housing 2010 report on June 14, finding room for optimism about the nation’s housing market while also revealing that recent progress is fragile and highly dependent on continued job growth.

June 7, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) joins Texas housing advocates in applauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s approval of a settlement between Texas advocates and the state of Texas that will assure that federal disaster recovery funds expended in Texas will protect and benefit people with low incomes, African Americans and Latinos as well as elder and disabled populations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Low Income Housing Coalition(NLIHC) commends the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for its bold and forward-thinking Transforming Rental Assistance (TRA) proposal.

Washington, DC - May 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) was honored by the Mississippi Center for Justice at the 2010 Mississippi on the Potomac Reception on Tuesday, May 11. Reilly Morse, Senior Attorney at the Mississippi Center for Justice, presented NLIHC with the award.

Washington, DC - May 13, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- In a dramatic show of grassroots support for the National Housing Trust Fund, more than 2,225 organizations representing every Congressional district in the country are sending a letter this week to every U.S. Senator and Representative urging immediate funding for the National Housing Trust Fund. The NHTF campaign knows of no other Congressional letter that has received support from organizations all 435 Congressional districts, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Washington, DC - May 6, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) has received a donation of $5 million for the purpose of advancing the Coalition’s mission to achieve socially just public policy that assures people with the lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent homes. The donors wish to remain anonymous. NLIHC has established a new endowment with this gift.

Washington, DC - April 28, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- National Low Income Housing Coalition board member Leonard Williams testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity today in support of two public housing bills, the Public Housing One-for-One Replacement and Tenant Protection Act of 2010 and the Public Housing Preservation and Rehabilitation Act of 2010. The bills are expected to be introduced shortly by Subcommittee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA), respectively.