Housing and Homelessness

Background

Background on Housing and Homelessness

Latest News

HNR: President Signs Major Housing Legislation (8/5/08)
HNR: Housing Legislation Imminent As Mortgage Crisis Deepens
Affordable Housing Fund in Package (7/21/08)
HNR: Senate Committee Passages Mortgage Bill That Differs with the House (5/23/08)
HNR: House Moves Foreclosure Bills While Senate Drags Its Feet (5/12/08)
HNR: Mortgage Bill Passed by Senate Contains Little for Borrowers (4/14/08)
HNR: Mortgage Crisis from the Perspective of Homeowners (3/21/08)

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Policy Analyses and Research

First Focus: The Impact of the Mortgage Crisis on Children (May 2008)
CEPR & NLIHC: Ownership, Rental Costs and the Prospects of Building Home Equity: An Analysis of 100 Metropolitan Areas (May 2008)
CBPP: Housing Vouchers Could be at Risk in 2008: Distribution Formula and Funding Level Are Key Issues (9/28/07)
NLIHC: FY08 Budget Chart for Selected Housing Programs (7/13/07)
NAEH: Homelessness Counts (1/10/07)

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Government Resources

Status and text of H.R. 4241 "Deficit Reduction Act" (The budget reconciliation bill approved by the House 11/18/05)
Status of "HOPE VI Reauthorization and Improvement Act" (S. 1513 introduced 7/27/05)
Senate Appropriations Committee: S. Rept. 109-109 HUD Appropriations for FY 2006 (7/26/05)
House Appropriations Committee: H. Rept. 109-153 HUD Appropriations for FY 2006 (6/24/05)
Status of "State and Local Flexibility Act of 2005" (S. 771 introduced 4/13/05)
A bill that would give Public Housing Authorities the flexibility to set term limits on vouchers, set rents without regard to income, limit subsidies and more .

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