NLIHC Joins Sign-On Letter Urging Congress to Address the Reentry Needs of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals in Next Coronavirus Relief Bill
NLIHC joined 75 other organizations in signing a letter sent on May 5 urging congressional leadership to include resources for formerly incarcerated people in the next coronavirus relief package.…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 18, May 04
Memo: Coronavirus, Housing and Homelessness Updates, Congress, HUD, National Call-In Day, and More
Growing Number of Assisted and Unassisted Seniors
The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released “2020 Housing Impact Report: Seniors,” which finds that 2.9 million seniors lived in publicly supported housing in 2019, a 2.9…
Study Finds Association Between Rental Assistance and How People Rate their Health
An article published in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, “Rental Assistance and Adult Self-Rated Health,” found associations between how adults rated their own health and the…
Congressional Proposals for Coronavirus Interim Spending Package Fail to Address Housing Needs, April 13
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) proposed on April 7 an interim spending bill that would provide an additional $250 billion for the new Paycheck Protection Program established in the “…
Memo to Members & Partners | Volume 25, Issue 13
Memo: The End of the Beginning, and More
President Signs Coronavirus Package with Funding for Homelessness and Housing
Congress passed and President Trump signed into law a $2 trillion direct spending bill to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. The bill passed out of the Senate the evening of March 25 on a unanimous…
Stafford Act COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Activates FEMA’s Public Assistance Program
Due to the worsening COVID-19 crisis, President Trump declared a national emergency on March 13. In doing so, the president declared an emergency under two separate laws. The first declaration – made…
Senator Jeff Merkley Introduces “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act”
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on March 12 the “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act” (S. 3452). This comprehensive bill is designed to reduce the shortcomings of…
Study Finds Federally Assisted Renter Households Live in Neighborhoods with Fewer Close, Available Jobs
A paper published by the Urban Institute, “Spatial Mismatch and Federally Supported Rental Housing,” found that assisted households had substantially lower access to jobs within a standard commuting…
Supreme Court Lifts Illinois Injunction on Public Charge Rule, Allowing Nationwide Implementation
The Supreme Court lifted an in Illinois state-wide injunction of the Trump administration’s final “public charge” rule (see Memo, 8/19/19) on February 21. The 5-4 vote allows the Department of…