From the Field: Oregon Governor Kotek Signs Executive Orders to Address Housing and Homelessness Crisis
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed three executive orders to address the state’s housing and homelessness crisis on January 10. Kotek previewed the executive orders in her inaugural address and held a…
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The winter issue of Tenant Talk is scheduled to be released on February 9. Sign up for your free hard copy of the new issue, Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant Power to Achieve Renter…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of January 22
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of January 22: “Biden administration unveils renter protections” CNN, January 25 at: http://bit.ly/3Y3T2vt “…
NLIHC News: Where to Find Us – January 30
NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Prosperity Indiana Summit and Statehouse Day – Indianapolis, IN, February 1 and 2 (Diane Yentel) Public Health: Social…
HUD Announces Proposed Fair Housing Rule; NLIHC Releases Statement in Support
HUD announced plans to publish a proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule “imminently.” The proposed rule would help communities meet a more than five-decade old requirement to…
NLIHC Joins Statement with Leading Civils Rights and Housing Organizations Supporting Proposed Fair Housing Rule
NLIHC, along with the National Fair Housing Alliance and 34 other civil rights and housing organizations, issued a joint statement applauding HUD’s release of the proposed Affirmatively Furthering…
Treasury Initiates “Extraordinary Measures” to Avoid Default While House Republicans Push Spending Cuts
U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Secretary Janet Yellen announced on January 19 that the federal government had reached its statutory debt limit and that Treasury would begin implementing “…
House Appropriations Ranking Member Requests Information on Impact of Potential Budget Cuts
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations, sent letters to several federal agencies on January 19 requesting information…
Representatives Velázquez and Goldman Introduce Bill to Address Capital Needs Backlog in Public Housing
Representatives Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and Dan Goldman (D-NY) introduced the “Public Housing Emergency Response Act” (H.R.235) in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 11. The bill would…
Recording of January 17 National HoUSed Campaign Call Now Available
In our most recent (January 17) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Homes” campaign, we discussed the outlook for the new legislative session, heard about findings from a…
Representative Jayapal to Address NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023: Onward to Housing Justice, taking place on March 21-23 at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in Washington, D.C., will feature a discussion with…