Housing News feed http://www.cbpp.org/topic/?fa=topic&id=33 en-us Copyright 2008 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. All rights reserved. Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:04 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 16 May 2013 17:03:47 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:43:18 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Costing about $70 billion a year, the mortgage interest deduction is one of the largest federal tax expenditures, but it appears to do little to achieve the goal of expanding homeownership. The main reason is that the bulk of its benefits go to higher-income households who generally could afford a home without assistance: in 2012, 77 percent of the benefits went to homeowners with incomes above $100,000. Meanwhile, more than a third of homeowners with mortgages — most of … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/FVq_5qFY_gc/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3948 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:28:19 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3948 The budget cuts known as “sequestration,” initiated on March 1, will likely force state and local housing agencies to cut the number of low-income families using Housing Choice Vouchers to afford housing by roughly 140,000 by early 2014.[1] This represents a sharp break from Congress’ bipartisan commitment — which it has met for most of the voucher program’s nearly 40-year history — to renew assistance for at least the same number of families from year … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/PRByystvbRg/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3945 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:52:22 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3945 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:02:42 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:19:42 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:03:09 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Executive Summary With President Obama and lawmakers of both parties vowing to achieve further deficit reduction, the stakes are high for low- and moderate-income Americans. If policymakers heavily target programs that serve vulnerable Americans, they will run the risk of increasing poverty and hardship and reducing opportunity for those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder, limiting their future educational and employment prospects. If, however, policymakers take a … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/1xpNZ8ImnwQ/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3918 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:54:03 -0400 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3918 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:11:48 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Automatic, across-the-board funding cuts in most federal programs (or “sequestration”) had been scheduled to begin on January 2, but the “fiscal cliff” budget deal enacted by President Obama and Congress delayed these cuts until March 1, 2013.  The budget deal also reduced the amount to be sequestered in fiscal year 2013 by $24 billion, to $85 billion.  For non-security discretionary programs — including nearly all housing assistance and community development programs … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/-wY66DYTEW0/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3892 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:59:06 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3892 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:36:32 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:01:21 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 I appreciate the invitation to testify today on the impact of federal budget decisions on families and communities. This is an important matter. As you know, the nation will have to make tough decisions to put the budget on a more sustainable fiscal course. The issue is not only whether policymakers act to secure adequate deficit reduction, but also how that is done. On Monday, we issued an analysis that finds (based on the new Congressional Budget Office projections, with … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/4yqhDqWe4uE/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3902 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:43:02 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3902 Automatic, across-the-board funding cuts in most federal programs (or “sequestration”) had been scheduled to begin on January 2, but the “fiscal cliff” budget deal enacted by President Obama and Congress delays these cuts until March 1, 2013.[1] The budget deal also reduces the amount to be sequestered in fiscal year 2013 by $24 billion, to $85 billion. For non-security discretionary programs — including nearly all housing assistance and … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/-wY66DYTEW0/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3892 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:27:04 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3892 The Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA) programs enable more than 2 million people in 1.2 million low-income households to afford modest apartments by contracting with private owners to rent some or all of the units in their housing developments to low-income families. Seniors or people with disabilities head two-thirds of PBRA-assisted households. “Project-based” rental assistance differs from “tenant-based” rental assistance, which low-income … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/NOe7Dpkw8NY/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3891 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:41:02 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3891 What Is Federal Rental Assistance? Federal rental assistance enables 5 million low-income households to afford modest homes. Three major programs — Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 Project-based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing — assist about 90 percent of these households. Other programs serve households with special needs, including the “202” and “811” Supportive Housing Programs for the Elderly and for People with Disabilities; Housing … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/sHIHbzU-bao/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3890 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:51:00 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3890 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 12:10:34 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:30:53 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:12:29 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:36:03 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 President Obama and Congress achieved $1.5 trillion in discretionary program cuts over the next ten years primarily by setting tight caps on annual discretionary funding in the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011.[1] Congress adhered to those caps in 2012 in writing its appropriations bills for that year, but has yet to enact final appropriations for 2013.[2] As part of their deliberations over how to craft a long-term deficit-reduction plan, policymakers may be tempted to cut … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/bjmWEcpgfy8/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3869 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:32:40 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3869 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:03:55 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:24:29 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Any major legislation to reduce federal budget deficits that does not include substantial new revenues would almost certainly require deep cuts in programs that serve low-income families, including housing and community development programs. Such cuts would come on top of the ten-year spending cuts that President Obama and Congress enacted last year — and they could be far deeper than the across-the-board cuts (“sequester”) that are scheduled to take effect in early … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/MwvbvwdVdks/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3866 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:44:20 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3866 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CBPP-Housing/~3/UBrnwCVebd4/ http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:09:27 -0500 http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3184