Formerly Incarcerated People Are Nearly 10 Times More Likely to be Homeless
A report by Lucius Couloute of the Prison Policy Initiative, Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people, finds that formerly incarcerated people are nearly ten times more likely to...
View ArticleHUD Issues Notice Detailing HOME Homebuyer Program Policy Requirements
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) issued Notice CPD 18-09, providing guidance to jurisdictions about the homebuyer program requirements of the Home Investment Partnerships Program...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery – August 20
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the 2017 California wildfires since last week’s Memo to Members and Partners...
View ArticleMembers of Congress Urge HUD to Release Disaster Recovery Block Grant...
A bicameral and bipartisan group of members of Congress sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson urging his agency to quickly release almost $14 billion in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster...
View ArticleNLIHC Summarizes Key Provisions of August 14 Disaster Recovery Block Grant...
NLIHC has prepared summaries of the key provisions of the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Relief (CDBG-DR) Federal Register Notice published on August 14. The Notice guides states’ use of...
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Register for August 21 Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar on Nonpartisan Voter...
Register now for NLIHC’s final Our Homes, Our Votes webinar in the six-part series on nonpartisan voter engagement. This webinar, “Voter Mobilization: Getting Out the Vote!,” takes place on August 21...
View ArticleHouse Subcommittee Holds Field Hearing on Housing and Opioid Recovery
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a field hearing titled “The Role of Federal Housing and Community Development Programs to Support Opioid and Substance Use...
View ArticleRepresentative Peters Introduces Rent Relief Act in the House
Representative Scott Peters (D-CA), co-chair of the New Democrat Coalition Housing Task Force, introduced in the House H.R. 6671, the “Rent Relief Act of 2018,” to provide cost-burdened renters with a...
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Ask Your Senators to Co-sponsor Important Housing Legislation
Please ask your senators to co-sponsor two new bills – one that would help low income families move to areas of opportunity and one that would address the impacts of the U.S. affordable housing crisis...
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National League of Cities Joins Opportunity Starts at Home Steering Committee
The National League of Cities (NLC) announced on August 16 that it has joined the Opportunity Starts at Home Steering Committee. Through the campaign’s Steering Committee, NLC will work to involve its...
View ArticleHUD Publishes Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Streamlining AFFH
HUD published in the Federal Register on August 16 an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing: Streamlining and Enhancements,” inviting public comment on...
View ArticleCourt Dismisses Advocates’ Challenge to HUD’s Withdrawal of AFFH Tool
Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a motion by advocates for a preliminary injunction against HUD for withdrawing the Assessment Tool required to...
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Take Action! Ask Your Senators to Co-sponsor Important Housing Legislation
Please ask your senators to co-sponsor two new bills – one that would help low income families move to areas of opportunity and one that would address the impacts of the U.S. affordable housing crisis...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Federal ResponseHUDThe Federal Housing Administration (FHA) updated policies for homeowners affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. FHA's "Disaster Standalone Partial Claim" will now be the first...
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Middle Income Housing Tax Credit Proposal a Misguided and Wasteful Use of...
See NLIHC's Fact Sheet for Additional Information at: https://bit.ly/2PzDL30Washington, DC - The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) welcomes an elevated discussion and proposed solutions to...
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Our commitment to equitable, just, and complete disaster housing recovery
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEODear friends, colleagues and partners,Today marks one year since Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, the first of three major hurricanes to hit in rapid...
View ArticleNLIHC Welcomes New Fall Policy Intern
Lauren Ricci joins NLIHC as a policy intern for the fall semester. Lauren is a second-year Master of Public Administration candidate at the American University School of Public Affairs. Prior to...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of August 19
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 19.“Housing, homelessness and the California Dream,” Southern California Public Radio, August 24 at:...
View ArticleNAEH Publishes Data on State of Homelessness in America
The National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH) added new data on its website regarding the state of homelessness in America. Nationwide, 553,742 people experienced homelessness on a given night in...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Baltimore City Leaders Agree to Devote Resources to...
Elected leaders in Baltimore announced a major agreement on August 13, making an historic commitment of funding for affordable, decent, and accessible homes. Mayor Catherine Pugh (D) and City Council...
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