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• NLIHC: Advocates and Congressional Champions Secure Increased Affordable Housing Funding for 2018

  The final fiscal year (FY) 2018 spending bill – released yesterday, March 21, by Congressional leaders – includes a significant increase in funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD and USDA, along with an increase in Low Income Housing Tax Credits and an important reform to the tax program.

• Office of Senator Jack Reed: After Delivering Federal Affordable Housing Funds, Reed Calls for Action to Help Build More Homes That RIers Can Afford

  After Delivering Federal Affordable Housing Funds, Reed Calls for Action to Help Build More Homes That RIers Can Afford

• Reed Lauds Independent Effort by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director to Preserve Needed Funding Program for Affordable Rental Housing

  U.S. Senator Jack Reed, who led the effort to establish the Housing Trust Fund (HTF) and the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) and who is a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, issued the following statement:

• NLIHC: Leading National Orgs in Education, Civil Rights, Healthcare and More Join in a Campaign to Increase Affordable Housing Across America

  The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign launched today at the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s (NLIHC’s) Housing Policy Forum in Washington, DC. With financial support from the Funders for Housing and Opportunity, NLIHC launched this new multi-sector affordable homes campaign together with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Children’s HealthWatch, Make Room, and the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and with a steering committee that includes Catholic Charities USA, Children’s Defense Fund, Community Catalyst, Food Research and Action Center, NAACP, National Alliance on Mental Illness, National Association of Community Health Centers, National Education Association, and UnidosUS.

• NLIHC: House Subcommittee's FY19 THUD Bill Maintains Increased Funding for Most Housing Programs

  The House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees funding levels for affordable housing and community development programs at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released last night, May 15, a draft fiscal year (FY) 2019 spending bill that provides significant funding to housing programs that serve low income people and communities. The subcommittee is expected to take up the bill today, May 16, with a full Committee vote in the coming weeks.

• What's Up Newp: HWRI: Addressing housing needs and challenges for older Rhode Islanders a focus for local funders

  HousingWorks RI: Addressing housing needs and challenges for older Rhode Islanders a focus for local funders