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Due to the worsening COVID-19 crisis, President Trump declared a national emergency on March 13. In doing so, the president declared an emergency under two separate laws. The first declaration – made under the National Emergencies Act - triggers emergency authority to waive federal requirements…
NLIHC joined two sign-on letters urging Congress to take immediate action to support low-income workers during the coronavirus outbreak (now a pandemic). Interim guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that employees with potential coronavirus symptoms remain…
A paper published by the Urban Institute, “Spatial Mismatch and Federally Supported Rental Housing,” found that assisted households had substantially lower access to jobs within a standard commuting distance than did extremely low-income unassisted rental households. The study included households…
The Supreme Court lifted an in Illinois state-wide injunction of the Trump administration’s final “public charge” rule (see Memo, 8/19/19) on February 21. The 5-4 vote allows the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to officially implement the rule nationwide as of February 24, even as lower…