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Tag: Congress

Texas Housers joins Texas Tenants’ Union in call for $100 billion in emergency rent relief

National issues, State issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted May 1, 2020

We have joined with our partners at Texas Tenants’ Union and Texas Homeless Network in ensuring that the COVID-19 crisis…

Tags: Congress, covid-19, rent relief

Texas Housers defends AFFH rule in statement to Congressional Oversight Committee for ‘Fair Housing Accountability’ hearing

Local issues, National issues•by Texas Housers Staff•Posted February 5, 2020

On February 5, Congress is holding a hearing entitled “The Trump Administration’s Proposal to Gut Fair Housing Accountability” to discuss…

Tags: AFFH, Congress, HUD

Update: Federal budget includes good news for affordable housing

National issues•by •Posted December 16, 2015

Updated 12/18: It came down to the wire, but several critical affordable housing programs have survived this year’s contentious federal…

Tags: Congress, HOME, National Housing Trust Fund

Fate of housing programs uncertain as Congress approaches budget deadline

National issues, Uncategorized•by •Posted November 24, 2015

The complicated year-end Congressional budget process got messier the week before Thanksgiving, as the controversy over refugee resettlement became embroiled with…

Tags: Congress, HOME, National Housing Trust Fund, NHTF

National Housing Trust Fund and HOME program threatened in Congress

National issues•by •Posted November 10, 2015

Two crucial federal housing programs – the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) –…

Tags: Congress, HOME, National Housing Trust Fund, National Low Income Housing Coalition, NHTF

U.S. House committee rejects amendment to protect National Housing Trust Fund

National issues•by •Posted May 13, 2015

On Wednesday the U.S. House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD)…

Tags: Congress, National Housing Trust Fund

Update: Proposed Senate budget amendments to cut rural housing programs not included in vote

National issues•by •Posted March 26, 2015

Update 3/27: The Senate’s marathon “vote-a-rama” ended this morning without a vote on the Hatch and Flake amendments. Original Post 3/26: Yesterday…

Tags: Congress, HUD, Rural housing

Congress threatens critical funding for affordable housing

National issues•by •Posted January 23, 2015

So far, 2015 has been a dangerous year for fair housing. Here in Austin, a new ordinance to prevent discrimination…

Tags: Affordable housing, Congress, Fair housing, National Housing Trust Fund

Listening to Congress debate housing is a sobering experience

National issues•by John Henneberger•Posted July 16, 2011

Every now and then it is worth listening in on Congressional debate on housing legislation. Not that it is usually…

Tags: Congress, Housing policy, National Housing Trust Fund
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