Senator Merkley Introduces “HOME Act” with Enhanced Renter Protections and Robust Resources for Affordable Housing
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on June 29 the “Affordable Housing Opportunities Made Equitable (HOME) Act,” a comprehensive bill that, if enacted, would provide robust resources for the…
New Research: Many Tenants, Landlords Remain Unaware of Emergency Rental Assistance
As the CDC eviction moratorium is set to expire on July 31, emergency rental assistance must reach households behind on rent to ensure they remain stably housed. New research from the Urban Institute…
Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 26, Issue 25
Memo: Eviction Moratorium Extended; Negotiations on Infrastructure Spending Continue; Congressional Action on Housing Bills; & More
White House Announces Agreement on Bipartisan Infrastructure Package with No Funding for Affordable Housing
The White House announced on June 24 that it has reached an agreement with a bipartisan group of senators on an infrastructure package that could pass with bipartisan support. The deal does not…
Study of Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Identifies Analyzes Key Features
New research from NLIHC, the Housing Initiative at Penn (HIP), and the NYU Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy provides an initial analysis of key program-design features of the Department…
Memo to Members and Partners | Volume 26, Issue 24
Memo: Biden Administration Must Extend Eviction Moratorium; Congressional “Dear Colleague” Letter for HoUSEd Campaign Priorities; & More
Guidance on Direct-to-Tenant Emergency Rental Assistance
The CDC eviction moratorium is set to expire at the end of June. Emergency rental assistance (ERA) program administrators must move quickly to assist tenants whose landlords are resistant to…
NLIHC Statement: NLIHC Urges Aggressive Action by Biden Administration to Prevent Historic Wave of Evictions
Washington, DC – NLIHC is urging the Biden administration to prevent a historic wave of evictions this summer by extending, strengthening and enforcing the federal eviction moratorium and by…
Representatives Jayapal and Meng Reintroduce “Housing is a Human Right Act”
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) on June 8 reintroduced the “Housing is a Human Right Act.” Representative Jayapal joined NLIHC’s national call on June 7 to announce the…
Bipartisan Group of Senators Proposes New Infrastructure Bill, Path Forward Remains Unclear
Negotiations between President Joe Biden and Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) ended on June 8 with both agreeing that, despite weeks of good-faith effort, the two sides remained too far apart to…
State Dashboards Can Create Transparency on Spending Trends in Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
Although Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program websites often contain information on program design, they are less likely to provide real-time information about the extent to which programs are…