Memo to Members

Memo: Senate Prepares Bipartisan Continuing Resolution after House Republican Proposal Fails, and More

With just four working days left before their September 30 deadline, policymakers in the U.S. Congress are running out of time to reach an agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the…

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, under the leadership of Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX), voted to adopt a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2024 that outlines drastic…

NLIHC hosted a webinar with its partners in the Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response on September 21. The webinar focused on findings from the Framework’s Healthy Parents Healthy Babies…

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Homelessness and Housing First webinar series hosted by NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities…

Nearly 200 local government leaders representing cities, counties, and other municipalities sent a letter to congressional leadership on September 21 urging enactment of the “Affordable Housing…

Housing was a winning issue at the ballot box in the 2022 midterm elections. Voters overwhelmingly supported ballot measures to strengthen local tenant protections, dedicate resources to housing and…

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a hearing, “FEMA: The Current…

A government shutdown on October 1 is looking more and more likely due to stalled negotiations in the U.S. Congress over the appropriations bills that fund government operations, including those of…

Congressional and National Updates Hurricane Lee made landfall in Canada on September 16 after shifting from a Category 5 hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone. A hurricane watch and tropical storm…

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) published on September 5 a final “public charge” rule, confirming that the agency will not finalize the Trump administration’s harmful 2019 interim final rule. The…

HUD published a notice in the Federal Register on September 18 extending the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) compliance date for programs administered by HUD’s…