Not Just Affordable Housing, but Connections to Neighborhoods
Shelley Poticha, director of HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Community Development, speaking at NACEDA’s annual summit, outlined two main grant programs in HUD’s Sustainable Communities Program and placed a […]
Ford Foundation Announces Five-Year, $200M Metro Program
The Ford Foundation has announced a five-year, $200 million effort to help “transform the way that cities, suburbs and surrounding communities grow and plan for the future” by anchoring housing, […]
HAMP Moving Along Slowly
The rate of permanent loan modifications for homeowners involved in the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program increased increased in March by roughly 13 percent, or 68,000 modifications, in a sign […]
HUD’s New Plan
When we conducted our interview with HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, and the soon-to-be-published interviews with Sandra B. Henriquez, HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, and Raphael Bostic, Assistant […]
Adolfo Carrión: We Hardly Knew You! (In This Capacity)
First it was the Office of Urban Policy. Then, at the time of its launch in 2009, it quietly turned into the Office of Urban Affairs: a small, but interesting […]
Report Shows Growing Gap Between Income and Rent
The gap between income and rent continues to widen, and despite a robust level of rental housing, there remains a dearth of housing that can be considered affordable, according to […]
Low Income Housing Group to Release New Housing Wage Data
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) will release its annual Out of Reach report at 11 a.m., ET, today. Speakers will release for 2010 the often-cited Housing Wage, which […]
Viewing Housing Within a Context
Minnesota Representative Keith Ellison and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry were honored this week with the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s Edward W. Brooke III Housing Leadership Award. Kerry was not […]
Bostic: HUD’s PD&R Was “Stagnant” In Recent Years
We sat down with Raphael Bostic, HUD’s assistant secretary for Policy Development & Research in a substantive interview slated for publication in the Summer issue of Shelterforce, but people attending […]
Maintaining Tenant Input
For hundreds of low-income housing advocates and residents, the annual National Low Income Housing Coalition conference is the one time when they get to convene, talk about policy, and have […]
First, Some Perspective
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan’s father and stepmother were in attendance today as he offered the luncheon remarks for the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s 2010 Annual Housing Policy Conference and […]
In Supporting Financial Protection Bureau, Merkley Looks Back
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) addressed a roomful of renters, housing advocates, and practitioners today as he called for increased protections for consumers, including increased affordable housing opportunities. The senator […]