NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty will take place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020, at the Washington Court Hotel. Register for the Forum today at: https…
Several states and many localities will hold elections on November 5. It’s time to get out the vote! NLIHC’s nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project, Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, focuses on…
Representative Steve Stivers (R-OH) was named ranking member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance on October 17. The Subcommittee is…
The House Financial Services Committee held a full committee hearing, “The End of Affordable Housing? A Review of the Trump Administration’s Plans to Change Housing Finance in America,” on October 22…
HUD released on October 22 a Final Report: Evaluation of HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD). The report has a chapter on the impact on residents of converting their public housing to one of…
Since its inception in 2018 the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign has urged Congress to create a “National Housing Stabilization Fund” to provide short-term financial…
Fannie Mae’s Multifamily Market Commentary in August provides a picture of the comparative affordability of rents in manufactured homes over multifamily housing (apartments) and the current state of…
Jersey City, NJ, residents will vote on November 5 on Municipal Question 1, a referendum to maintain a city ordinance establishing regulations for short-term rentals. A “yes” vote will keep in…
The Urban Institute released Disrupting Food Insecurity, a new data dashboard that provides county-level statistics about food insecurity and a variety of related risk factors. The dashboard provides…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold an October 30 webinar explaining the basic rights of domestic violence survivors provided by federal laws. Survivors of domestic violence, sexual…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of October 20:
“‘One job should be enough’: How Charlotte’s low-wage jobs make housing unaffordable” The…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months:
The State of Housing in Memphis Conference, Memphis, TN, October 29
Rural…
