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2011
National Alliance to End Homelessness: Will Homelessness Increase as a Result of Poverty? (9/28/11) CBPP: Proposed Cuts to Public Housing Would Prove Harmful and Costly (9/16/11) HNR: House Agriculture Appropriations: Some WIC Funding Restored, but Other Cuts to Nutrition and Housing Programs Stay (6/17/11) National Low Income Housing Coalition: House FY12 Funding Plan Would Dismantle Housing Safety Net (5/13/11) National Low Income Housing Coalition: Housing and Community Development Advocates to Congress: Budget Deal Hurts Communities, Low Income Families (4/14/11) National Low Income Housing Coalition: House FY11 Budget Bill Slashes and Burns Federal Housing Safety Net (2/14/11)
2010
HNR: House and Senate Set FY 2011 Spending Targets Lower Than President’s; Spending Tight, but Some Growth in House Labor-HHS Appropriations (7/26/10)
2010 HNR: Protections for Renters and Homeless Legislation Signed into Law (5/29/09) HNR: House Passes Legislation to Help Homeowners (3/11/09) National organizations call on Congress to include a minimum of $45 billion in the economic recovery package for housing programs (1/14/09)
2008
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)
2007
HNR: House Passes National Housing Trust Fund (10/29/07) HNR: Senate Passes Bill Funding Housing Programs (9/17/07) HNR: National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Bill Introduced (7/23/07) HNR: Section 8 Reform Bill Passes House (7/23/07) HNR: One Step Closer to National Housing Trust Fund (6/1/07) HNR: Legislation Addresses Post-Hurricane Housing Needs (03/16/07)
2006
CBPP: Fixing the Housing Voucher Formula: A No-Cost Way to Strengthen the "Section 8" Program (11/1/06) State Fact Sheets (11/l/06); Technical Appendix (11/1/06) CBPP: Inspector General Reports on HUD's Moving to Work Demonstration Raise Serious Questions (7/13/06)
2005
HNR: Congress Approves, President Signs, Final Housing Appropriation Bill (12/9/05) NLIHC: National Housing Advocates Call for Action on Housing Hurricane Victims (11/30/05) WashPost: FEMA Tells 150,000 In Hotels To Exit In 15 Days (11/16/05) HNR: House Passes “GSE” Bill -- With Provision Designed to Reduce Voting Among the Poor (10/28/05) HNR: Low-Income Programs Threatened with Across-the-Board Cuts (10/14/05) USAToday: Evacuee Benefits Differ by State (10/10/05) HNR: Hurricane Victims Needing Help Encounter Red Tape, Courtesy of White House, Congress (9/30/05) HNR: Congress Approves Stop-Gap Measure to Keep Government Running (9/30/05) HNR: Washington Focuses on Aiding Gulf Coast Victims (9/16/05) HNR: Housing, Community Development Funding Moves in Senate (7/22/05) WP Op-Ed: In Defense of Success: Government Really Can Lessen Poverty (7/19/05) HNR: Affordable Housing Fund a Step Closer (7/1/05) HNR: Bill Funding Housing Programs Passes House (7/1/05) WP: Housing Plan May Cut Options for the Poorest (6/26/05) HNR: House Cuts Juvenile Justice Programs; Rejects President's Cuts to Community Development (6/17/05) NY Times Editorial: The Affordable-Housing Crisis (6/16/05) Alternet.org: Un-Housing the Poor (6/6/05) WP Op-Ed: Hope for Affordable Housing (6/2/05) HNR: Congress Approves a Final Budget Resolution (4/29/05) HNR: Budget Conference Committee to Contemplate Deep Cuts to Human Needs Programs (4/15/05) HNR: FY 2006 Budget Resolutions Clear House, Senate Floor (4/1/05) HNR: House and Senate Committees Pass Budget Resolutions for FY 2006 (3/11/05) HNR: Deep Cuts in the President's Budget; Committees Ready to Act (2/25/05) Housing Assistance Council: Budget Proposal Overlooks Serious Housing Needs (2/7/05) HNR: What to Expect in the President's Budget - Human Needs Cuts (2/4/05) NYTimes: Bush Officials Spell Out Cuts in Money for Housing (2/4/05) NYTimes: Cut in U.S. Housing Aid Raises Concern for the Poor (1/27/05) WP: Bush Plans Sharp Cuts in HUD Community Efforts (1/14/05)
2004
NLIHC Press Release: Report Finds Families Struggling to Pay Rent This Holiday Season (12/20/04) HNR: Congress Passes Massive Spending Bill (11/24/04) WP: Groups Take on Chronic Homelessness (11/24/04) NYTimes: Spending Bill Makes a Winner of Mars Program; But Many Losers Elsewhere (11/23/04) NYTimes Editorial: The War on Affordable Housing (10/16/04) HNR: FDIC Considering Rules That Would Gut Community Reinvestment Act (10/1/04) HNR: HUD Appropriations Bill Clear Senate Panel; Next Steps Unclear (10/1/04) NYTimes: Under Pressure, HUD Ends Shift on Home-Aid Formula (9/28/04) NYTimes: US Seeks Cuts to Housing Aid to Urban Poor (9/22/04) WP: Indian Housing Deficits Described (9/21/04) HNR: Congress Unlikely to Complete Appropriations Before Adjournment (9/17/04) NYTimes: Bouncing Among Shelters and Among City Schools (9/20/04) HNR: House Committee Approves Funding Departments of Labor, HHS and Education (7/16/04) HNR: House Set To Consider Section 8 Appropriations (7/16/04) NYT Editorial: Playing Games with Housing (6/30/04) NYT Op-Ed: Total Poverty Awareness (2/21/04) HNR: Omnibus Appropriations Bill Moving Forward (11/21/03)
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