President’s FY 2014 Budget Released: Funding for Affordable Housing and Homelessness



The Indiana Association for Community Economic Development is proud to serve as the Indiana state partner for the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC). On April 10, 2013 the Coalition [...]

Action Alert: Ask Your Member of Congress to Sign On and Support Funding for the HOME Investments Partnership Program (HOME)

Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) is circulating the “Dear Colleague” letter below among her colleagues in the House of Representatives. Representative Fudge’s letter asks members of the House Appropriations Committee to provide at least $1.6 billion of funding for the HOME Program in FY 2014. Please urge your Member of Congress in the House of Representatives to sign onto this letter. The deadline for House Members to sign the letter is close of business Tuesday, April 9.

Community Development Impacts of Sequestration…Updated Information and a Call to Action

Sequestration, automatic across-the-board cuts to defense and non-defense discretionary spending that started on March 1, was required by the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011.  In this February 28, 2013 [...]

Imminent Sequestration Cuts Jeopardize Critical Programs, Impact Vulnerable Hoosiers

Today, Congress failed to reach a last minute deal toprevent $85.3 billion in across-the-board federal discretionary spending cuts from going into effect Friday. While Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike have [...]

HUD Grants PHAs Temporary Administrative Flexibility

On January 22, the Department of Housing and Urban Development issued temporary provisions that can be found here, to ease some administrative requirements for public housing agencies (PHAs) that administer [...]

GAO Report Reviews Recent Changes to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report on the implementation of changes to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA). [...]

Senate Finance Committee Approves Bipartisan Tax Cut Extensions

The US Senate Finance Committee approved a package of tax cut extensions. Provisions include freezing the value of the 9 percent low income housing tax credit, excluding income from tax credits for struggling families, and ensuring families facing foreclosure have all available options.

U.S. House Passes Transportation, Housing Funding

On Friday, June 29, 2012, the House of Representatives approved spending bills for the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug [...]

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passes the Senate

  On April 26, the Senate passed a five-year reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).  The law, originally passed in 1994, authorized federal prosecution of interstate domestic violence, [...]

President Obama Unveils Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal

  On February 13, 2012, the Obama Administration unveiled its FY 2013 Budget Request.  While IACED supports many of the President’s funding requests for programs within the Department of Housing [...]