Register Now to Join Next Homelessness and Housing First Webinar on September 28!
NLIHC, the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) invite advocates nationwide to register for “How to Address Unsheltered Homelessness,”…
NLIHC Signs Letter to HUD on HOME Investment Partnerships Regulations
NLIHC and three other national housing organizations submitted a letter to HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge urging HUD to make regulatory improvements to the HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME…
HUD to Conduct Lead-Safe Housing Rule Webinar Series
HUD’s Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) is conducting three webinars to review the Lead-Safe Housing Rule (LSHR) as it applies to public housing, tenant-based rental assistance…
Treasury Issues Notice Regarding Unobligated ERA1 Funds
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a notice on September 13 regarding unobligated emergency rental assistance (ERA1) funds provided through the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of…
House Passes Disaster Recovery Legislation That Would Divert Recovery Funds from Lowest-Income Households
The “Expediting Disaster Recovery Act” was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on September 14 by a vote of 405-20. The bill will now move to the Senate. Several of the bill’s provisions…
Coronavirus Updates – September 19, 2022
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs is holding a webinar on September 21 at 2 pm ET that will provide a basic overview of…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – September 19, 2022
Congressional and Executive Actions The U.S. House of Representatives returned from August recess to pass a raft of disaster recovery legislation on September 13 and 14. The bills included the “…
OSAH Campaign Sends Letter to Congress Urging Robust Appropriations for Vouchers
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign sent a sign-on letter to Congressional appropriators on September 13 urging them to expand Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) to an additional 200,000…
Join Today’s (Monday, 9/19) Our Homes, Our Votes Webinar on Early Voting and Vote-by-Mail
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar series features experts with frontline election experience to walk through every step of voter and candidate engagement activities and support housing…
Report Finds Housing Assistance Plays a Growing Part in Reducing Child Poverty
A new report from Child Trends, “Lessons From a Historic Decline in Child Poverty,” finds that child poverty rates decreased from one in four children in 1993 to one in 10 children in 2019. Factors…
Supplemental Poverty Measure Shows Marked Decreases in Poverty
The U.S. Census Bureau released Income in the United States: 2021 and Poverty in the United States: 2021 on September 13. The reports present income and poverty estimates based on the 2021 Current…