Coronavirus Updates – September 19, 2022
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs is holding a webinar on September 21 at 2 pm ET that will provide a basic overview of…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – September 19, 2022
Congressional and Executive Actions The U.S. House of Representatives returned from August recess to pass a raft of disaster recovery legislation on September 13 and 14. The bills included the “…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – September 16, 2022
The “Expediting Disaster Recovery Act” was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 405-20 on September 14. The bill will now move to the U.S. Senate. Several of the bill’s provisions…
Mill Fire in Northern California Kills Two and Destroys More Than 100 Homes
The Mill Fire burned through portions of Siskiyou County in Northern California over Labor Day weekend. The fire began on September 2 near a lumber mill on the outskirts of Weed, a town of…
Texas GLO Ignores HUD Deadline to Negotiate about Civil Rights Violations Resulting from Mitigation Plan
Nearly five years to the day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Southeastern Texas coast, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) failed to meet a deadline on August 27 to respond to a request…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – September 6, 2022
Congressional and Executive Action Representative Al Green (D-TX) spoke to ABC13 in Houston regarding the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act,” which would permanently authorize HUD’s long-term…
Covid-19 Work Group Updates
DHRC Coronavirus Updates: 9/2/2022 NLIHC maintains a COVID-19/Housing and Homelessness News and Resource page here. ERASE Updates NLIHC’s End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) team has…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – September 2, 2022
Nearly five years to the day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Southeastern Texas coast, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) failed to meet a deadline on August 27 to respond to a request…
Five Years After Hurricane Harvey, Recovery Continues in Southeastern Texas
Five years ago this week, Hurricane Harvey devastated communities across Southeastern Texas. The first major storm to make landfall in the U.S. since Hurricane Wilma in 2005, Hurricane Harvey slowly…
FEMA Announces Five-Year National Tribal Strategy
FEMA unveiled a new strategic document on August 18 outlining the agency’s plan to develop its relationships with Tribal Nations. The “2022-2026 FEMA National Tribal Strategy” addresses FEMA’s…
Coronavirus Updates – August 22, 2022
End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) Project Please join NLIHC in Washington, D.C., for our ERASE National Convening on October 17, 2022. The convening, “Emergency Rental Assistance: A Path…