Now Available: Resources from Most Recent (5/6) Tenant Talk Live Meeting
In the most recent “Tenant Talk Live” meeting on May 6, we were joined by LaKita Steel, a community advocate for clients with vouchers in her Long Island, NY, community and in nearby Queens. In…
Register for Upcoming Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar: Voter Registration 101 (Monday, 5/20)
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2024 webinar series provides resources, guidance, and inspiration for organizations and individuals seeking to launch or strengthen their own nonpartisan voter and candidate…
Apply to Join NLIHC’s 2024-2025 Collective Cohort!
NLIHC is currently recruiting members of its next Collective cohort! The Collective is a group of tenant advocates and community leaders with lived experience of housing insecurity who work towards…
New Blog Post Explores the Movement for Tenants’ Rights in San Francisco
A new post on NLIHC’s On the Home Front blog focuses on the career of Dean Preston, the founder of San Francisco-based Tenants Together and a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.…
Join NLIHC, The Alliance, and CBPP Webinar on FY25 Federal Appropriations on May 21!
NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (The Alliance), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) invite advocates nationwide to register for the second webinar in our series on…
Take Action! Comment Today on HUD’s Proposed Rule, “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing”
NLIHC urges advocates to comment in support of HUD’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), “Reducing Barriers to HUD-Assisted Housing.” The proposed rule would make important changes to HUD’s…
Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 29, Issue 17
Memo: HUD Issues Guidance to Curb Discriminatory Tenant Screening Practices; New Webinars, Resources, Job Postings; and More!
HUD Issues Guidance to Curb Potentially Discriminatory Tenant Screening Practices by Third-Party Companies and Housing Providers
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) issued guidance on May 2 aimed at protecting rental housing applicants from discriminatory tenant screening practices that could violate the…
Chairs of Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Black Caucus, and Hispanic Caucus Send Letter to President Biden Urging Action on Fair Housing
The chairs of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) sent a letter to President Biden urging the…
Senate Appropriations Chair Murray Pledges to Ensure Any Increases to Defense Spending in FY25 Are Paired with Equal Increases in Domestic Spending
U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) pledged to pair any increase in fiscal year (FY) 2025 defense spending above the 1% allowed by the “Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023…
Acting HUD Secretary Todman Testifies before House and Senate Subcommittees on President’s FY25 Budget Request
Acting HUD Secretary Adrianne Todman appeared before both the U.S. Senate’s and U.S. House of Representatives’ Committees on Appropriations’ Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban…