From the Field: California Advocates Release Expanded Toolkit for Rent...
Expanded organizing tools and materials are now available to community advocates working to implement local rent-control policies to forestall rapidly escalating housing costs in California. Tenants...
View ArticleMayors and CEOs Launch U.S. Housing Investment Coalition
A group of U.S. mayors and CEOs launched the Mayors & CEOs for U.S. Housing Investment coalition on January 25. In addition to the CEOs of Airbnb, GHC Housing Partners, and Sutter Health, the...
View ArticleHousing First Partners Conference Early Bird Registration Ends February 9
The “Housing First Partners Conference 2018: Assuring Program Integrity in a Changing Environment” is April 9-12 in Denver, Colorado. It offers dynamic pre-conference institutes and an...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of January 21
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of January 21:“The fair housing rule Ben Carson’s HUD wants to delay, explained,” Curbed, January 26 at:...
View ArticleNLIHC Seeks Housing Campaign Coordinator
NLIHC is accepting applications for a National Multisector Campaign Coordinator to support the implementation of a long-term multisector affordable housing campaign.Background: After a year-long...
View ArticleWhere to Find Us – January 29
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:CHAPA Federal Forum On Affordable Housing & Community Development, Boston,...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Monday, January 29, 2018
CONGRESSNeed for Direct Lease Program. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter on January 25 to Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Roselló advising him to request participation in FEMA’s Direct Lease...
View ArticleMore Than 70 National Affordable Housing Organizations Call on President...
Washington DC – The infrastructure proposal unveiled by President Donald Trump yesterday in his State of the Union Address misses an opportunity to address one of greatest barriers to America’s...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, January 31, 2018
General UpdatesState of the Union. Last night, President Trump gave his first State of the Union Address. Several members of Congress tried to highlight Puerto Rico’s continuing struggle with recovery...
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An Opportunity for a Stronger HTF
Thanks for all you have done over the past year to protect funding for federal housing solutions and to defeat harmful policies that put low income families at risk. There is now a new opportunity to...
View ArticlePresident's State of the Union Fails to Address Need for Affordable Housing
President Trump gave on January 20 his first State of the Union address. Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, issued a statement in response stating, “In his...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery - February 5
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 ArticleHUD Awards $1.5 Billion to Puerto Rico and $243 Million to the Virgin Islands...
HUD awarded more than $1.5 billion to Puerto Rico and $243 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands for long-term disaster recovery through the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR)...
View ArticleFEMA Reverses Decision to End Water and Food Assistance to Puerto Rico
Although a third of Puerto Rico residents still lack electricity and many have no running water, FEMA announced on January 30 that it would abruptly end the distribution of emergency food and potable...
View ArticleGovernors, Senators Call for Urgent Action on Disaster Recovery
The governors of Texas, California, Florida and Puerto Rico called on Congress to pass an additional disaster supplemental bill as soon as possible, and Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson...
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New Multi-Sector Affordable Housing Campaign Debuts at NLIHC 2018 Housing...
The NLIHC 2018 Housing Policy Forum: Building the Movement, March 19-21 in Washington DC, will feature the official launch of a new national multi-sector affordable housing campaign. Learn more about...
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Sign Letter to Protect and Expand the National Housing Trust Fund, Deadline...
The deadline to sign your organization onto a letter urging Congress to increase funding to the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) is Wednesday, February 7. Sign the letter today telling Congress to...
View ArticleSign On to Letter by COB Today Urging Congress to Pass a Disaster Relief Bill
Sign your organization on to a letter to members of Congress telling them to enact a robust disaster relief bill as soon as possible that includes basic safeguards and housing resources to help low...
View ArticleDraft Bill Includes Provisions that Would Increase Rent & Impose Work...
Washington DC– The Trump administration is seeking to impose work requirements and rent increases on millions of low income families who receive federal housing assistance, according to draft...
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Point of View: HUD Plans to Increase Rents and Impose Work Requirements - by...
Diane Yentel, NLIHC President & CEOLast week, I read an internal HUD draft bill that confirmed what many of us suspected: Secretary Carson is planning, through his FY19 budget request and...
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