Affordable housing news 3/4/16

East Bay Express: Oakland tenant advocates file ballot initiative to strengthen rent control and eviction protections

Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies: Evicted: Confronting some uncomfortable truths

The HUDdle: A Day in the Life: Office of Housing, Jackson, Mississippi

NCSHA: Sign-on letter urges Congress to raise the cap on housing credit authority

NLIHC: Colorado legislators address important housing issues

Next City: Why cities need to stop the eviction cycle

Planetizen: Affordability crisis dwarfs affordability policies

Rooflines: Using the wrong tools to build affordable housing

Washington Examiner (via NHC): The big issue candidates are ignoring in 2016

Washington Post: Why losing a home means losing everything