Chris Smith, director of the Individual Assistance Division at the Office of Response and Recovery, Recovery Directorate at FEMA, and additional members of the FEMA Individual Assistance team met…
ERASE Updates
NLIHC announced the launch of the End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) webpage. The webpage includes resources for tenants, state and local housing advocates, policymakers,…
Federal Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Are you a housing provider in or near a disaster-impacted area? If you have vacant units, HUD wants to know! The agency is…
A recent article in Housing Policy Debate, “A Perfect Storm? Disasters and Evictions,” is one of the first studies to examine the relationship between disasters and evictions. The study combines a…
In a major win for disaster recovery advocates, the Senate Appropriations Committee’s 2022 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) bill includes the “Reforming Disaster Recovery Act.”…
National Updates
Research and Advocacy
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted eviction as a public health crisis and exacerbated the…
Are you a housing provider in or near a disaster-impacted area? If you have vacant units, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) wants to know! The agency is operating a pilot program…
National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD’s Office of Block Grant Assistance is hosting a four-part webinar series for Community Development Block Grant CARES Act (CDBG…
Federal Updates
The application period for the fiscal year 2021 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) grant programs opened on September 30.…
Join today’s (October 12) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4:00 pm ET. We will be joined by Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) to talk about protecting the critical housing investments in…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell, HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, and White House Domestic Policy Council Director Susan Rice on behalf of the…
The House Committee on Oversight held a hearing on October 5 titled “Hurricane Ida and Beyond: Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience.” The chief witness was FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell. In her…