HUD Releases Advance Notice to Amend Disparate Impact Rule
HUD released an advance notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on June 20, seeking public comment on possible amendments to HUD’s 2013 final rule implementing the Fair Housing Act’s...
View ArticleU.S. Conference of Mayors ‘Supports and Affirms’ Opportunity Starts at Home
At its 86th annual meeting, the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) passed a resolution to “support and affirm” the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable housing campaign....
View ArticleAdditional Updates for Disaster Recovery – June 25
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 ArticleFlawed Disaster Recovery Reform Act Passes Senate Homeland Security Committee
The “Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018” has passed the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, despite significant flaws with the bill. NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery...
View ArticleSenate Committee Directs HUD to Report on Implementation of Disaster and...
In its FY19 funding bill, the Senate Committee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) directs HUD to report to the House and Senate appropriations committees on the steps it will take...
View ArticleRepresentatives Introduce Legislation to Create Independent Commission on...
Representatives Nydia Velázquez (D-NY), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) have introduced legislation to establish an independent, bipartisan commission to...
View ArticleSenator Nelson Calls for Vote on Disaster Housing Bills
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) wrote a letter to Senate leadership asking for two bills concerning disaster housing assistance to be brought up for a vote. The “Disaster Housing Assistance Act” (S.2880)...
View ArticleMembers of Congress Urge FEMA to Set Up Disaster Housing Assistance Program
Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Edward Markey (D) sent a letter on June 21 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long admonishing him for not standing up the Disaster Housing Assistance Program...
View ArticleHouse Committee Passes Harmful FY19 Budget Resolution
The House Budget Committee passed, by a 21-13 vote, its FY19 budget resolution that would maintain the 2017 tax cuts that largely benefit corporations and the wealthy, while repealing the Affordable...
View ArticleSenate Rejects Rescissions Package that Included Cuts to Affordable Housing
The Senate rejected, by a 48-50 vote, the “The Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act” on June 20. The bill would have cut $15 billion in previously approved funding, including cuts of...
View ArticleHUD Secretary Carson to Testify before House Financial Services Committee
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a HUD oversight hearing on June 27 at 10:00 am ET. HUD Secretary Ben Carson will be the hearing’s sole witness. The hearing will take place in Room 2128...
View ArticleHouse Committee to Hold Hearing on Lead and Mold Remediation in HUD-Assisted...
The House Financial Services Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the federal government’s approach to lead-based paint and mold remediation in public and subsidized housing. The hearing will...
View ArticleHouse Committee to Vote on Legislation that Sets Troubling Precedent for...
The House Financial Services Committee will vote on June 27 on the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act” (HR 2069), introduced by Representative Mike Turner (R-OH). NLIHC opposes the bill as...
View ArticleHouse Passes Farm Bill Imposing Work Requirements
On June 21, the House passed H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, more commonly known as the “Farm Bill,” by a vote of 213-211. If enacted, the Farm Bill would increase food insecurity...
View ArticleTrump Reorganization Proposal Includes Changes to Housing Programs
The Trump Administration released on June 21 a proposal for reorganizing and consolidating federal departments, including those that oversee and administer federal housing and community development...
View ArticleDisaster Housing Recovery Update
Federal ResponseCongress Massachusetts Senators Elizabeth Warren (D) and Edward Markey (D) sent a letter on June 21 to FEMA Administrator Brock Long admonishing him for not standing up the Disaster...
View ArticleFEMA Will Evict Nearly 2,000 Hurricane Survivors From Temporary Shelter on...
Washington, D.C. – The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition of more than 700 national, state, and local organizations led by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) strongly condemns FEMA’s...
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Take Action: Urge Congress to Provide Stable Housing for Displaced Hurricane...
Nearly 2,000 families displaced after the 2017 disasters will be evicted tomorrow, June 30, when FEMA ends its hotel/motel Transitional Assistance Shelter (TSA) program, while refusing to activate...
View ArticleNLIHC in the News for the Week of June 24
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 24.“Op-Ed: FEMA's failing disaster victims who are still desperate for housing,” Orlando Sentinel, June 29...
View ArticleFrom the Field: New York City Increases Rents Despite Strong Opposition from...
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board voted on June 26 to approve rent increases for nearly one million rent-stabilized tenants. Tenants & Neighbors, an NLIHC state partner, and the Rent Justice...
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