Senate Banking Committee Holds Hearing on State of Housing
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing, “The State of Housing 2023,” on February 9. Witnesses included Christopher Herbert, managing director of Harvard…
PolicyLink Releases AFFH Comment Guide, Hosts “Proposed AFFH Rule 101” Webinar
PolicyLink released a public comment guide for the proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that was posted in the Federal Register on February 9. PolicyLink also hosted a webinar…
New Collaborative Program between States and Localities Working to Expand Right-to-Counsel Protections Launches This Month
Results for America, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (NCCRC), PolicyLink, and Human Impact Partners have begun accepting applications for Advancing Racial and Health Justice…
Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Senator Sherrod Brown to Join Today’s (February 13) National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Homes
Join today’s (February 13) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. U.S. House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) will join the call to provide remarks, and U…
House Passes Two Pieces of Disaster Recovery Reform Legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of disaster recovery legislation on February 8, both sponsored by Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon (R) of Puerto Rico. The bills,…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – February 13
Congressional and National Updates Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters have reintroduced a bipartisan bill seeking to…
Research Finds Older Adults Benefit from Health and Housing Partnerships
A recent study evaluating the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time (R3) program finds that collaboration between healthcare providers and affordable housing sites improves health outcomes for seniors…
Older Adults Experiencing Homelessness Are Less Likely Than Younger Adults to Receive Permanent Supportive Housing
A new report published by the National Alliance to End Homelessness (NAEH), “Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities,” analyzes the ways older adults (aged 55 and over) exit…
Older Black Adults Disproportionately Exit Homelessness to Incarceration, While Older White Adults Disproportionately Receive Permanent Supportive Housing
Source: National Alliance to End Homelessness. (2023). Connecting Older Adults to Housing: Examining Disparities. Retrieved from https://endhomelessness.org/resource/connecting-older-adults-to-…
Michigan Supplemental Spending Bill Invests in Housing and Community Development Programs
The Michigan legislature approved a $1.1 billion supplemental spending bill that dedicates federal resources to housing and community development programs. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the…
NLIHC Releases Winter Issue of Tenant Talk!
NLIHC released on February 9 the winter issue of Tenant Talk, our semi-annual newsletter designed to engage residents in housing advocacy. The new issue, Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant…