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HUD issued a memo on June 10 outlining the ways criminal background screenings may violate the Fair Housing Act (FHA). The memo provides tips for conducting FHA investigations related to background screenings and best practices for landlords and other housing providers to adopt to ensure their…
A new study published in Housing Policy Debate, “Hotels as Noncongregate Emergency Shelters: An Analysis of Investments in Hotels as Emergency Shelter in King County, Washington During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” details outcomes for individuals experiencing homelessness who resided in noncongregate…
A new report published in Cities, “Eviction from Public Housing in the United States,” highlights trends in eviction filing rates among public housing agencies (PHAs). Using data from 1,243 PHAs spanning 26 states, the report finds that, on average, 7.6% of tenants in public housing receive an…
Join NLIHC’s sign-on letter urging Congress to enact the bipartisan “Eviction Crisis Act” (S.2182) introduced by Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Rob Portman (R-OH) and its House companion bill, the “Stable Families Act,” soon to be introduced by Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY). The “…