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Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released national statements this week calling for a moratorium on evictions during the coronavirus pandemic. Senator Warren’s statement also called for increased funding for homelessness serves, investments in…
House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) released the details of her legislative proposal to provide Coronavirus-related assistance on March 18. Chair Waters’ proposal includes many of the provisions outlined in NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) recommendations…
NLIHC joined a sign-on letter on March 18 urging Congress to incorporate the “Allowing Steady Savings by Eliminating Tests (ASSET) Act” (S.3276/H.R.5848) in the next coronavirus supplemental spending package. The letter was sent Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Minority Leader…
President Trump signed into law on March 18 the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” (H.R.6201), a multibillion-dollar emergency assistance package to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill, which passed out of the Senate on a 90-8 vote the same day, contains much-needed assistance for…