Where to Find Us – March 5
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:NCSHA Legislative Conference, Washington, DC on March 7Make Room Journalism...
View ArticleOver 700 National and State Organizations Condemn FEMA’s Continued Neglect of...
NLIHC and more than 700 national, state, and local organizations in the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition issued a press release on March 1 condemning FEMA’s continuing inaction on...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Monday, March 5, 2018
General UpdatesMortgage Relief Guide. The National Consumer Law Center released a resource guide for obtaining mortgage relief following a disaster. The guide provides an overview, some essential...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update, Wednesday, March 7, 2018
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRESFEMAOctober WildfiresBy the Numbers: (as of 3/7)4,469 Individual Assistance (IA) applications approved*$15,460,632 Individual & Household Program (IHP) approved*$9,417,989...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION TODAY! Urge Congress to Provide Robust Funding for Affordable...
Housing benefits are under attack.President Donald Trump’s FY19 budget request slashes federal housing benefits that help millions of low income seniors, people with disabilities, families with...
View ArticleNLIHC Submits Comments on HUD Suspension of AFFH Rule
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD effectively suspending without warning the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule on January 5. Even though the suspension was immediate, the Federal...
View ArticleNew Draft HUD Mission Statement Removes Anti-Discrimination Language
A HUD memo from March 5 announced Secretary Ben Carson’s consideration of revising the agency’s mission statement and removing anti-discrimination language and promises of inclusive communities. The...
View ArticleAdditional Updates on Disaster Housing Recovery - March 12
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 ArticleCongressman Curbelo Urges FEMA to Extend Transitional Shelter Assistance for...
Congressman Carlos Curbelo (FL) urged FEMA on March 9 to extend the Transitional Shelter Assistance (TSA) Program for Monroe County residents beyond March 11. The letter to FEMA Secretary Brock Long...
View ArticleNLIHC Provides Spanish Version of its Outline of the CDBG-DR Federal Register...
A Spanish version of NLIHC’s “Outline of the CDBG-DR Federal Register Notice”is now available thanks to Francisco Rodriquez from Coalición de Coaliciones de Puerto Rico. The outline is designed to help...
View ArticleDHCR Publishes Disaster Recovery Priorities for FY18 Spending Bill
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHCR) published its top disaster recovery priorities for Congress to include in any final FY18 omnibus spending bill. Congress may begin debate on the...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Coalition Provides Policy Recommendations for...
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition of more than 700 organizations provided a comprehensive set of policy recommendations that advocates can use with state governors to ensure that...
View ArticleSenate Considers Bill That Would Put Health and Safety of Many Public Housing...
The Senate debated a bill, the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act” (S. 2155) on March 8 that includes provisions that would undermine the physical integrity of many public...
View ArticleSenate Appropriations Chair Cochran to Step Down
Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced on March 5 that he will resign from the Senate on April 1, citing ongoing health challenges. Mr. Cochran first won...
View ArticleHouse Financial Services Committee Approves FY19 Budget Views and Estimates
The House Financial Services Committee approved its FY19 Budget Views and Estimates by a vote of 32 to 25 on March 6. This document is submitted to the House Budget Committee for consideration in...
View ArticleCHCDF Hosts Capitol Hill Briefing on Impacts of President's FY19 Budget on...
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) hosted a Capitol Hill briefing, “An Overview of the President’s FY19 Budget Request for Affordable Housing and Community Development...
View ArticleCongress May Include Housing Credit Expansion and Improvements in Omnibus...
House appropriators expect to introduce a $1.3 trillion omnibus FY18 spending bill as early as March 15. The omnibus includes all 12 spending bills for the current fiscal that started on October 1,...
View ArticleMore than 60 Mayors Push for Increased Federal Funding for Public Housing
A group of more than 60 mayors sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging Congress to provide more federal funding for public housing. The long-term budget...
View ArticleNLIHC and Partners Urge Congress to Prioritize Lowest Income Households in FY18
NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) sent a letter to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to fund...
View ArticleSenate Democrats' Infrastructure Plan Includes $62 Billion for Housing,...
In response to President Trump’s infrastructure plan released in February, Senate Democrats have released the “Jobs & Infrastructure Plan for America’s Workers.” The new plan proposes $1 trillion...
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