Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the “Prevent Evictions Act” (S. 2486) on September 17. If enacted, the bill would establish a federal grant…
The House Financial Services Committee passed several bills that would expand housing assistance for communities vulnerable to housing insecurity or homelessness. The “Tribal Access to Homeless…
Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and 59 other Democratic lawmakers sent a letter on September 19 to HUD Secretary Ben Carson opposing changes to the 2019 Notice of…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel joined 2020 presidential candidate and former U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) on September 17 for an Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 meeting at the Downtown…
NLIHC joined 22 other housing, nutrition, and health advocacy organizations in signing on to five identical amicus briefs supporting a lawsuit brought by La Clinica de La Raza and their partners…
The following is a review of disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 9/16).…
HUD published on September 17 proposed changes to the regulations for the public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, and Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs, implementing income-…
A working paper from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, Documenting the Long-Run Decline in Low-Cost Rental Units in the US by State, finds the number of rental homes renting…
A new paper in American Sociological Review, “Complaint-Oriented Policing: Regulating Homelessness in Public Space,” examines how a significant increase in homelessness-related 911 complaints in San…
California state legislators passed a strong package of affordable housing measures in the final days of their legislative session that concluded on September 13. The package of more than a dozen…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will be honored with the Champion Award at the Second Annual Children’s HealthWatch Celebration, “Home is Where Health Is,” on October 10 at the Boston University…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a September 26 webinar providing an overview of state and federal laws that protect individuals’ rights to seek emergency assistance despite local…
