The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of December 8:
“Senators propose Eviction Crisis Act to help at-risk tenants,” Curbed, December 13 at: https://…
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) and committee Democrats sent a letter to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on November 22, expressing their concerns with the agency’s proposed…
HUD announced in a December 3 press release that it had allocated over $2.3 billion in federal funds to support long-term disaster recovery in fifteen states and four territories. The funding, which…
Representative Rosa Delauro (D-CT) introduced the “Eviction Prevention Act” (H.R. 5298) on December 4. If enacted, the bill would authorize the creation of a federal grant program for state and local…
President Trump appointed Robert Marbut as executive director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) on December 4, following the ousting of former USICH Director Matthew…
NLIHC released on December 4 a report on the long-term recovery of rental housing after Superstorm Sandy in New Jersey. Based on quantitative data and interviews with key officials, program…
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020 will feature a session with leading researchers on “Ending Homelessness in…
Make a contribution to NLHC in recognition of 2020 Housing Leadership Awards honorees: Jennifer Leimaile Ho, commissioner of Minnesota Housing and former senior advisor at HUD and deputy…
Submit applications or nominations for the 2020 Annual Organizing Awards today! The honorees will be presented at the NLIHC 2019 Housing Policy Forum being held March 25-27, 2020 at the…
A paper in Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, “Impact of Expanded Choice on Attrition in the Housing Voucher Program,” finds that the introduction of Small Area Fair Market…
The 51-mile LA River area in Los Angeles is slated for a makeover, with approved plans for the southern portion promising new parks, bridges, and greenery. As is the case in many revitalization…
Written by Eliza Shapiro; Photographs by Brittainy Newman (New York Times)
The New York Times published on November 19 an interactive feature article on the pervasive problem of student…
