HUD Issues Two RAD Notices Implementing FY18 Appropriations Act Provisions...
HUD published two Federal Register notices on July 3 that affect the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. The first notice implements provisions of the FY18 Appropriations Act. The second...
View ArticleAdditional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 9
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the...
View ArticleCourt Orders Temporary Extension of TSA for Those Displaced by Hurricane Maria
A federal court barred FEMA from evicting from hotels and motels nearly 2,000 families displaced by the 2017 natural disasters until July 24 to allow the court to hear further arguments in a lawsuit...
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Register Today for Our Homes, Our Votes July 17 Webinar: Introductory Voter...
Registration is open for NLIHC’s introductory Our Homes, Our Votes webinar on nonpartisan voter registration, education, and mobilization on July 17 at 3:00 pm ET. This first session will provide an...
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Children’s HealthWatch: Unstable Housing Will Cost U.S. $111 Billion in...
Research from Children’s HealthWatch (CHW), one of the nation’s leading networks of pediatricians, public health researchers, and children’s health policy experts, demonstrates that unaffordable and...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Federal ResponseCongress Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) wrote a letter to Kathy Kraninger, Program Associate Director...
View ArticleWhere to Find Us – July 16
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:A Home for Everyone 2018, Green Bay, WI on July 17Homes for All #RenterPower2018...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of July 8
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 8.“San Francisco's housing crisis puts pressure on historic Asian enclaves,” NBCNEWS.com, July 10 at:...
View ArticleNational Housing Trust Launches “Where Will We Live” Campaign for Affordable...
The National Housing Trust launched the “Where Will We Live” campaign on July 9. The campaign is a national engagement effort by the National Housing Trust, Enterprise Community Partners, and People’s...
View ArticleFrom the Field: New Jersey Advocates Win Increased Investment for Affordable...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) and state legislators agreed on a budget on July 1 that for the first time in nearly a decade invests $15 million in the New Jersey Affordable Housing Trust Fund....
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Fact of the Week: Housing Assistance Fails to Keep Up with Need
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (2018)The State of the Nation's Housing Washington, DC
View ArticleReport Examines California’s Pursuit of Sustainable Development with...
A report by the Terner Center at the University of California at Berkeley examined the affordable housing implications of California’s “Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008” (SB...
View ArticleNew LIHTC Income Averaging Option Outlined in NHLP Webinar
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP), Regional Housing Legal Services (Pennsylvania), and the Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio describe a new option for developers in the Low Income Housing Tax...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Updates – July 16
The following is a review of housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in...
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities President Explains Why Affordable...
Bob Greenstein, Founder and President of the Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesThe Opportunity Starts at Home campaign released a video interview with Bob Greenstein, nationally recognized federal...
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Register Today for the First Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar on July 17
Registration is open for the first in NLIHC’s six-part webinar series on nonpartisan voter engagement, Our Homes, Our Votes. This first webinar is tomorrow, July 17 at 3:00 pm ET. The Our Homes, Our...
View ArticleSenate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on Fair Credit Reporting
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs met on July 12 for a hearing, “An Overview of the Credit Bureaus and the Fair Credit Reporting Act.” The committee and witnesses discussed a...
View ArticleHouse Passes Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act
The House of Representatives passed the “Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act of 2018” (H.R. 5793) by a vote of 368-19 on July 10. Representatives Duffy (R-WI) and Cleaver (D-MO) of the...
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Point of View—Poverty is a Choice
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEOLast week, a report from the White House Council of Economic Advisors absurdly stated that the country’s war on poverty is “largely over and a success.” The...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Federal ResponseFEMA FEMA has released a report titled the “2017 Hurricane Season FEMA After-Action Report.” The report details the response to hurricanes in 2017, including instances of FEMA’s being...
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