NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition Calls on HUD to Ensure Hurricane Maria Survivors Can Shape Recovery Three Years after the Storm
The Puerto Rico Working Group of the Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) – an NLIHC-led group of over 850 local, state, and national groups working to reform disaster recovery – sent a letter…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s September 21 National Call on “Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness”
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) provided updates on the state of play for the next coronavirus relief bill,…
Additional Coronavirus Updates - September 28, 2020
National Updates Department of Agriculture The USDA on September 21 announced the extension of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - September 28, 2020
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition is convening and supporting disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households,…
Message from the Editorial Board
Dear Readers, It has been quite the summer. Our last issue in late spring focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and how it would affect low-income renters. Since then, the pandemic has raged around the…
NLIHC Urges Federal Agencies to Notify Tenants of Eviction Moratorium
NLIHC and the National Housing Law Project (NHLP) sent a letter on September 15 to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue…
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Launches Push to Help People Receive Stimulus Checks
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) launched on September 14 a Final 30 Days Push campaign to help eligible people apply for their Economic Impact Payments (EIPs), better known as “…
Join NLIHC’s National Call on Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness Today at 2:30 pm ET
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) will join today’s (September 21) national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness from 2:30-4 pm ET. Jim Baker of Private Equity Stakeholder Project and…
Senator Sherrod Brown and Colleagues Send Letter to President Trump Urging Administration to Support Emergency Rental Assistance and Protections
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, led 30 of his Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Trump on September 17,…
NLIHC Testifies at Washington State House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee on the COVID-19 Housing Crisis
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel testified on September 16 before the Washington State House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee on the COVID-19 housing crisis. Yentel discussed national and…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s September 14 National Call on “Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness”
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, experts discussed the federal response to the latest natural disasters. Shannon Singleton from Oregon…