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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report to Congress on August 13 directly tying increases in the cost of rental housing to increases in homelessness. The report also indicates that HUD’s Point-in-Time (PIT) count is limited in its ability to provide an accurate count of the…
A study in the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, “The Limits of Good Law: A Study of Housing Court Outcomes,” finds that few renters in New York City eviction cases are able to make use of a legal provision that authorizes rent abatements for substandard housing…
Former directors of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Fred Karnas, Barbara Poppe, Laura Zeilinger, and Matthew Doherty on August 5 sent a joint letter to congressional leaders urging them to include at least $11.5 billion for HUD’s Homeless Assistance program in the next…
NLIHC joined national partners in a letter sent on August 6 to Senate Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) urging the inclusion of $11.5 billion for HUD’s Homeless Assistance programs in the…