federal budget
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Join Organizations Across the Nation To Make Housing an Election Issue!
The conventions are over. Candidates up and down the ballot are out on the campaign trail making promises and asking for votes. Let’s join forces to make sure that affordable housing is on their agenda. Please join NLIHC, Make Room, and organizations across the nation to send 1 million messages to Congress to get housing… Continue reading
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Join Evicted Author Matthew Desmond for the Make Room National Campaign Launch
Make Room—in partnership with NLIHC and other national leaders—is launching an exciting national campaign to send 1 million messages to Congress about the critical need to end housing insecurity in America. Through the November elections, national, state, and local organizations will share a common message: our nation is facing a housing affordability crisis of record… Continue reading
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Congress at Home, Advocates Should Urge Action in Fall
Will you be meeting with you representatives this month while they are in district? Both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are on recess during the month of August, resuming legislative business on Monday, September 8. While they are in their home districts and with most House Members and 27 Senators seeking reelection… Continue reading
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The Housing We Need
President Barack Obama released his FY14 budget request to Congress yesterday, which includes $1 billion for the National Housing Trust Fund on the mandatory side of the budget and the partial restoration of funding for some HUD programs. As housing advocates know, the shortage of rental housing affordable to the lowest income Americans is a… Continue reading
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What does sequestration mean for housing?
As housing advocates know, the impacts of sequestration will be felt most deeply by America’s poorest individuals and families. But how big will the cuts be? How will HUD and other agencies handle them? What can advocates like us do to ask Congress to replace sequestration with a more balanced approach to the budget? NLIHC… Continue reading