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Senator Cortez Masto Introduces Bill to Expand National Housing Trust Fund

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) on May 19 introduced the “Affordable Housing Production Act.” The bill would amend the “Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008” and would make more funding available for the national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) by redirecting Troubled Assets Relief Program (…

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Increase Choice for Voucher Holders

Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) introduced on May 20 the “Choice in Affordable Housing Act” to expand and improve the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program. The bill would increase funding for and remove programmatic barriers in the HCV program to increase the number of rental…

NLIHC Launches Emergency Rental Assistance Resource Hub

NLIHC launched an Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Resource Hub to facilitate resource-sharing across ERA programs. This hub includes resources from programs funded by the $25 billion Treasury ERA program appropriated by the December 2020 Consolidated Appropriations Act (ERA1). In the coming weeks…

Public Participation Essential in Post-Disaster Recovery Planning

An article in the Natural Hazards Review by Sara Hamideh, “Opportunities and Challenges of Public Participation in Post-Disaster Recovery Planning: Lessons from Galveston, TX,” explores public participation in post-disaster recovery planning after Hurricane Ike using qualitative interviews and…