Memo to Members

Memo: Urge Congress to Enact the "Eviction Crisis Act"; Stalled Reconciliation Negotiations Pick Up; New HTF Allocations; and More

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,…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) met last week to discuss the outline of a potential reconciliation package, giving the clearest signal in weeks that…

The National Coalition for Housing Justice (NCHJ) sent a letter to appropriations leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate on May 20 requesting robust funding for programs targeted to…

Join today’s (May 23) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET. We will be joined by Special Assistant to the President for Housing and Urban Policy Erika Poethig, who will discuss…

HUD announced in a media release on May 17 that nearly $749 million in national Housing Trust Fund (HTF) dollars have been allocated to states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.…

HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) in the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued “HOME-ARP Policy Brief: Preferences, Methods of Prioritization, and Limitations” on…

HUD published a final rule on May 17 to implement changes to the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program made by the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act” (“Economic Growth…

The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services approved two bills addressing homelessness on May 18: the “Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act” (H.R. 7196) and the “Coordinating Substance…

NLIHC and nine other national housing and civil rights organizations sent a letter to HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge on May 20 expressing appreciation for HUD’s decision to uphold the Office of Fair…

NLIHC and the Disaster Law Project (DLP) submitted recommendations to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on May 20 regarding disaster recovery policies the…

Healthy Beginnings at Home, a pilot research program, published a study showing that expanding affordable housing resources significantly improves infant health outcomes. The researchers surveyed 100…