HUD Announces FY23 Indian Housing Block Grant Formula Allocations
HUD’s Office of Native American Programs (ONAP) announced Indian Housing Block Grant (IHBG) final formula allocations to Tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) for fiscal year (FY)…
NLIHC Joins Letter Urging Congress to Confirm David Uejio and Solomon Greene as HUD Assistant Secretaries
NLIHC joined the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) and other national, state, and local organizations in sending a letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chairman…
NLIHC Provides Summary of AFFH Equity Plan Submission and HUD Review Procedures, Adds Content to Overview of Equity Plan
NLIHC has prepared “Preliminary Overview of AFFH Equity Plan Submission and HUD Review and Compliance Procedures,” the latest in a series of briefs providing initial overviews of the proposed…
FEMA Extends Assistance Period for Hurricane Ida Survivors in Louisiana after Push by NLIHC-Led DHRC and Other Disaster Recovery Advocates
FEMA quietly announced to stakeholders in Louisiana last month that it would stop accepting appeals and providing financial assistance for survivors of Hurricane Ida – 18 months after the storm…
Study Shows Most Black Children Live in Neighborhoods Lacking Amenities Associated with Child Wellbeing
A study published in Child Trends assessing child wellbeing finds that 60% of Black children live in neighborhoods that lack amenities associated with healthy development, including sidewalks or…
Study Finds Nearly Three-Quarters of Municipalities Lack LIHTC Housing
A new article published in Housing Policy Debate, “The Geography of Absence: Cities, Towns, and Suburbs with No LIHTC Housing,” examines the differences in municipalities with and without Low-Income…
New Database Identifies State-Level Approaches to Catalyze Housing Production at the Local Level
The Urban Institute and Terner Center for Housing Innovation released a report outlining a new framework for evaluating how states are regulating municipal action in regard to housing production. The…
Most Municipalities Have No LIHTC Housing
Source: Schwartz, A., McClure, K. (2023). The geography of absence: Cities, towns, and suburbs with no LIHTC housing. Housing Policy Debate. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Seattle and Vancouver Voters Approve Two Housing Ballot Measures in Special Elections
Voters in Seattle and Vancouver, Washington, approved ballot measures in each municipality to expand affordable housing options in special elections held on February 14. Seattle’s Initiative 135 (I-…
Join Today’s “Tenant Talk Live” Webinar on Holding Bad Landlords Accountable
NLIHC will host the next session of “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for renter and resident leaders – today, March 6, at 6 pm ET. The webinar will include a discussion with leaders from the…
Representative Cori Bush, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, and John Parvensky to be Honored at 2023 Leadership Awards Ceremony!
Every year, NLIHC honors individual leaders and organizations for their outstanding contributions to affordable housing at our Housing Leadership Awards Ceremony. This year, we are excited to present…