HUD Releases Updated CHAS Data
HUD released its latest Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data on August 5. State and local governments use CHAS data to examine their housing needs, make spending decisions, and…
HUD Proposes Major Changes to Fair Housing Disparate Impact Rule; Join Efforts to #DefendCivilRights
HUD is proposing drastic changes to the fair housing Disparate Impact rule that would make it far more difficult for people experiencing various forms of discrimination to challenge the practices of…
HUD Initiates Tenant Protection Voucher Program for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2019-20 announcing the Foster Youth to Independence (FYI) initiative. Depending on voucher availability, HUD will provide Tenant…
Letter to the Editor: Ben Carson is repeating mistakes on housing
Originally published in The Washington Post, July 1, 2019 Local zoning laws prohibiting communities from building apartments exacerbate the housing crisis and maintain segregated communities. An…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 25
Subject line: Memo: This Is Our Moment
Point of View: This is Our Moment – by NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel
This is a critical time for our housing movement and our country, when we face both extraordinary challenges and exhilarating possibilities. Despite the challenges – maybe because of them - I’ve…
Successful Day of Action to Keep Families Together; Join Tweetstorm on July 8
Advocates across the country came together on June 26 for a Day of Action to Keep Families Together to oppose HUD’s cruel proposal to force 25,000 mixed-status immigrant families – including 55,000…
President Trump Signs Executive Order on Deregulation and Housing
President Trump signed an executive order on June 25 establishing a White House Council on Eliminating Barriers to Affordable Housing Development to identify and remove obstacles that impede the…
Statement from NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel on the White House Establishing a Council to Eliminate Regulatory Barriers to Affordable Housing
An effort by this administration to address restrictive local zoning would be welcomed if it weren’t belied by other actions to gut affordable and fair housing in America. The council, made up of the…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 24, Issue 24
Memo: Join Webinar with Rep. Sylvia Garcia, House Votes on Housing Spending Bill, and More
Senate Confirms Two HUD Assistant Secretaries
The Senate confirmed on June 20 Hunter Kurtz to be HUD assistant secretary for Public and Indian Housing (PIH) and Seth Appleton to be HUD assistant secretary for Policy Development and Research (PD…