As the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act approaches in August, we talk to Enterprise VP of Building Resilient Futures Krista Egger about what this landmark climate law means to the affordable housing sector.

The House Appropriations Subcommittee for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) proposed an FY24 budget of $68.2 billion for HUD, and it includes a mixed bag for housing programs.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) fiscal year 2024 spending bill, advancing its proposal to provide funding for major housing and community development programs.

The federal government must support funding to end the shortage of Native housing, Tonya Plummer, Enterprise’s director for Native American housing programs, testified at a Congressional oversight hearing.

The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act (AHCIA) of 2023 was introduced on Thursday to strengthen and expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, our nation’s most critical tool to create and preserve affordable homes.

Paying off a mortgage should be a cause for celebration, but for many owners of affordable rural rental housing funded with USDA mortgages it’s something to dread. That’s because a 74-year-old law dictates that Section 521 Rental Assistance be tied to an outdated requirement that a property must also have a Section 515 or 514 mortgage.

In April, Congress reintroduced the Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023 to ensure that the variety of income sources people use throughout the country to pay their rent don’t pose an obstacle to signing a lease. For 2.3 million households around the country living with low incomes, rental subsidies in the form of housing vouchers offer the promise of affordable housing. Yet, in many places, legal forms of discrimination create a barrier to realizing that promise.