Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 23
Memo: Housing Justice is Racial Justice
Senate Minority Leader Schumer to Join Today’s National Call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will join today’s national call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness at 2:30-4 pm ET, to talk about the next coronavirus relief package and the…
Senator Warren and Representative Waters Introduce Bills to Combat COVID-Related Housing Insecurity and Homelessness
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and 18 Senate co-sponsors introduced on June 1 legislation (S.3856) to authorize $11.5 billion for HUD’s Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program for communities…
House Subcommittee to Hold Virtual Hearing on the Impact of COVID-19 on Evictions
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance will convene a hearing titled "The Rent Is Still Due: America’s Renters, COVID-19, and an Unprecedented…
NLIHC Sends Letter to Congressional Committee Leadership Requesting Action to Ensure Access to FEMA Resources
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee calling for…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s June 2 National Call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness”
NLIHC’s last national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on June 2. The call featured an opening conversation with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as well as…
Additional Coronavirus Updates – Monday, June 8, 2020
National Updates Congress The Colorado Sun published an op-ed by Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) urging Congress to address the housing crisis in the next relief package. In addition to…
Additional Coronavirus Updates – Monday, June 1, 2020
National Updates Congress Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) wrote to HUD Secretary Ben Carson on May 22 urging the department to move quickly in distributing more than $9 billion in housing…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s May 26 National Call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness”
NLIHC’s last national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on May 26. The call featured updates from national, state, and local advocates and service providers working to…
HUD CPD Issues Second Round of Waivers for ESG, CoC, and HOPWA
HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD) issued a Memorandum containing a second set of regulation waivers on May 22 affecting the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Continuum of Care (…
Speaker Pelosi to Join Next National Call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will join our next national call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness on Tuesday, June 2, 3:30-5 pm ET, to talk about the “HEROES Act,” the bill’s essential housing…