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How Fannie and Freddie Can Make Us Whole
Housing is a part of our lives that is at once so important, and yet so taken for granted that its impact on us is nearly invisible. Invisible, that is, until a health emergency, job loss or other major life tragedy results in its loss. Home is the foundation of the lives we live and… Continue reading
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Home for the Holidays
If you could ask for any gift this holiday season, what would it be? Would you want to take a trip around the world? To have that car you’ve been dreaming about since you were a kid? Or would you prefer something less tangible, like more time with the people you love? If we could… Continue reading
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Meet Our Interns: Max Steininger
The National Low Income Housing Coalition is fortunate to have great interns every semester and summer. Fall intern Max Steininger, a political science major at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., shares his experiences as an intern with us today. Think interning with the Coalition might be for you? You’re in luck! We’re now accepting… Continue reading
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News Round-Up: States Don’t Fill the Gap
In 2008, the National Low Income Housing Coalition released a report detailing how, despite their tremendous efforts to do so, states were unable to make up for the shrinking availability of federal dollars for affordable housing development with their own housing funds. In the Sacramento News & Review, we read a story that brings this report… Continue reading
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Talk of the Town: Falling Off a Cliff
“A scary new world of higher taxes, reduced spending and austerity politics.” That’s what many say is in store if Congress and President Obama cannot come to an agreement on what to do about expiring tax cuts and sequestration, aka the fiscal cliff. The president released his plan for averting the fiscal cliff yesterday, which includes… Continue reading
On the Home Front 