NHC Open House Blog

Open House is a new blog launched on August 13, 2008 that is developed and maintained by the National Housing Conference, the United Voice for Housing. Our blog focuses on the most current and critical issues in the affordable housing community.

  • Added Oct 2, 2008
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May 23
House approves low budget suballocations, setting up battle with Senate : by Ethan Handelman, National Housing ConferenceOn May 21, the House Appropriations Committee released its 302(b) allocations, which are the levels of budget authority allocated to each subcommi...
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May 21
The need for disaster-resistant housing becomes tragically clear : by Janet Viveiros, Center for Housing Policy A home in Union Beach, N.J., destroyed by Hurricane Sandy....
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May 17
House panel pushes FHA on reverse mortgages, multifamily consolidation and more : Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4...
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May 16
Senate hearing shows government guarantee necessary, explores options for private capital bearing mortgage risk : by Ethan Handelman, National Housing Conference The Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment heard testimony on Tuesday from a range of experts on mortg...
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May 15
Permanent Supportive Housing Helps Struggling Veterans Recover : Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE by Maya Brennan, Cen...
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May 2
More than a quarter of working renter households spends more than half of income on housing : by Janet Viveiros, Center for Housing Policy The Center's new Housing Landscape 2013 report, which I co-authored with my colleague Maya Brennan, is out today....
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May 2
Rep. Mel Watt nominated for top FHFA post : by Ethan Handelman, National Housing Conference Yesterday, President Obama nominated Representative Mel Watt to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the agency which oversees Fannie...
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Apr 29
Pre-purchase counseling reduces mortgage delinquency, no matter how it’s delivered : by Maya Brennan, Center for Housing Policy New research from Freddie Mac suggests that pre-purchase counseling may be even more effective at reducing mortgage delinquency than previously thoug...
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