Coronavirus Updates – June 27, 2022
National Updates Reporting With rents now reaching record highs – national median rents are up 21% from the start of the pandemic – CNN examines how renters who made it through the worst of the…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – June 27, 2022
State and Local Hawai’i The Hawai’i Emergency Management Agency and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa are working on a new temporary shelter for deployment during disasters. Due to the geography…
HUD Announces First-Ever Dedicated Unsheltered Homelessness Funding
HUD announced on June 22 that it would release a new tranche of funds dedicated to addressing unsheltered homelessness. The funds will help decrease the unsheltered homeless population by directing…
FEMA Program Assistance Reforms Support Nearly 100,000 Additional Disaster Survivors
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Recovery hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for a hearing on June 14 to review FEMA’s…
NLIHC and DHRC Endorse “Stay Cool Act”
NLIHC and the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) have endorsed the “Stay Cool Act” (H.R. 7949) introduced by Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ). The bill – cosponsored by…
NLIHC Statement on FEMA Program Assistance Reforms Supporting Nearly 100,000 Additional Disaster Survivors
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery hosted FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell for a hearing on a review of…
NLIHC and DHRC Send Letter to Biden Administration on Stalled Disaster Housing Assistance Program
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter on behalf of NLIHC and the NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge…
Coronavirus Updates – June 13, 2022
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD announced the creation of a new Homelessness and Infectious Disease Ask a Question (AAQ) desk, which assists homeless…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – June 13, 2022
Congressional and Executive Action The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on June 14 on FEMA’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget proposal. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell…
Interagency Council on Homelessness Releases Statement on Rising Rate of Unsheltered Homelessness
The U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) released a statement on May 25 in response to a deepening crisis involving unsheltered homelessness and the spread of encampments. The statement…
House Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing on FEMA’s FY2023 Budget Request
The U.S. House Committee on Appropriations’ Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a hearing on May 25 regarding FEMA’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget proposal. The budget proposal requests nearly $29.…