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Building our Movement: a message from Diane Yentel, President and CEO
When I reflect on the tremendous challenges facing low income people throughout the country, I am reminded of a story from last summer when a family swimming at the beach was caught in a strong...
View ArticleCivil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Call on HUD to...
Washington DC – Seventy-six national civil rights, faith-based, affordable housing, and other organizations have voiced their strong opposition to HUD’s sudden and short-sighted decision to effectively...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeks Field Intern for Winter/Spring 2018 Semester
NLIHC is accepting applications for a field internship position for the Winter/Spring 2018 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeks National Multisector Housing Campaign Director
NLIHC and a group of other leading national organizations seeks a campaign director to lead the building and implementation of a new, long-term multisector campaign that will address the housing needs...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of December 31
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 31:“Trump Administration Postpones an Obama Fair-Housing Rule,” The New York Times, January 4 at:...
View ArticleWebinar: Threats to the FCC’s Lifeline Program for Low Income Households,...
Join the National Housing Conference (NHC) and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) for a webinar to discuss proposed changes to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Lifeline program...
View ArticleFrom the Field: Metro Housing Boston Report Shows Homelessness Prevention...
Metro Housing|Boston (Metro Housing), an NLIHC member, released its FY17 RAFT in Review report analyzing the Massachusetts statewide Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT) program,...
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Fact of the Week: School-Age Children in Renter Households Exposed to Asthma...
Source: Urban Institute, Analysis of the 2015 American Housing Survey.
View ArticleStudy Finds Renters with Children More Likely to Report Asthma Issues than...
A study from Urban Institute, The Relationship between Housing and Asthma among School-Age Children, explores connections between housing and childhood asthma using data from the 2015 American Housing...
View ArticleHUD Withdraws Five Proposed Rules and Publishes FY18 Regulatory Agenda
HUD’s Regulatory Task Force, formed in response to Executive Order (EO) 13777 (see Memo, 3/6/17), decided to withdraw five proposed rules, publishing the withdrawal in the Federal Register on December...
View ArticlePreliminary Injunction Orders HUD to Proceed with Small Area Fair Market Rents
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction against HUD on December 23, finding that HUD did not have the authority or compelling reasons to suspend...
View ArticleHUD Suspends Assessment of Fair Housing Submissions until after October, 2020
HUD published a notice in the Federal Register on January 5 suspending most local governments’ obligation under the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule to submit an Assessment of Fair...
View ArticleCivil Rights, Housing, and Community Development Organizations Urge HUD Not...
NLIHC and 75 civil rights, faith-based, affordable housing, and other organizations issued a statement on January 5 voicing strong opposition to HUD’s sudden and short-sighted decision to effectively...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery
The following is a review of additional housing recovery developments related to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and the California wildfires since the last Memo to Members and Partners (see...
View ArticleHouse Passes Third Disaster Aid Package
Just before recessing at the end of 2017, the House of Representatives passed an $81 billion disaster aid package, the third assistance package since the disasters hit in 2017. The House bill...
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Register Today for NLIHC 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement...
NLIHC’s 2018 Housing Policy Forum taking place in Washington, DC, March 19-21, 2018, will focus on building the affordable housing movement in 2018 and beyond. Throughout 2017, thousands of advocates...
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Submit Organizing Award Nominations by January 12!
Friday, January 12at 5 pm ET is the deadline for NLIHC members to submit nominations for the annual NLIHC Organizing Awards. Don’t miss this opportunity to win recognition for your outstanding...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Update, January 8, 2018
Thanks to all of you for the robust interactions during last Thursday’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition call. These spilled over into follow-up emails from several of you, asking to be connected...
View ArticleDisaster Recovery Update, January 10, 2018
Reminder to everyone of the congressional briefing this Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. at the Capitol Visitors Center regarding the next disaster budget supplemental. Please join us if you can and go...
View ArticleNLIHC Welcomes Two New Interns
NLIHC is pleased to welcome two new interns to our team for the spring semester—Emma Kerr, research intern, and Lauren McMahon, communications and graphic design intern. Emma Kerr is a junior at UNC...
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