NLIHC sent a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) on December 20 expressing support for the provisions in the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019” (S.2843). The provisions…
President Trump signed two final spending packages for FY20 that avoid a government shutdown and provide funding for affordable housing and community development programs at HUD and USDA. Overall,…
NLIHC’s president and CEO Diane Yentel joined former HUD Secretary Julián Castro for an Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 tour of Skid Row in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 18. The tour was organized…
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a 2020 presidential candidate, participated in an Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 tour of the Arroyo, a new affordable housing development in Santa Monica, CA, on Thursday…
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign will host an event, “Broadening the Movement: Housing as a National Priority in 2020,” at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on January 16 from 1:00-2:…
Disaster recovery advocates in Puerto Rico and around the country voiced concerns about the Puerto Rico Department of Housing’s (PRDOH’s) main recovery program in a statement released by Disaster…
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 12/16…
Jennifer Leimaile Ho
Individuals and organizations are urged to donate to NLIHC in honor of Jennifer Leimaile Ho, commissioner of Minnesota Housing and former senior advisor at HUD and deputy…
The deadline for nominations for NLIHC’s 2020 Housing Organizing Awards is fast approaching. Nominations can be submitted online here until January 10.
The awardees will be presented at the NLIHC…
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Examining the Impact of Short-Term Rentals on Housing Prices in Washington, DC: Implications for Housing Policy and Equity,” finds that having short-term rentals…
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) released his full 2021-2022 proposed budget on December 17, which includes $92 million in new funding to increase the affordable housing stock and address…
