HUD Announces Allocation of $3.3 Billion in Disaster Recovery Funds, Creation of New Disaster Recovery Office
HUD announced on March 15 that the agency would release an allocation of more than $3.3 billion in long-term recovery funds to seven states and territories impacted by disasters in 2022 and that it…
GOP Congressmen Introduce “Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act” and Call for End to HUD Long-Term Disaster Recovery Program
Representatives David Rouzer (R-NC) and Garret Graves (R-LA) of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced the “Natural Disaster Recovery Program Act.” The bill would provide FEMA with the…
OSAH Launches “Take Action!” Page to Urge Congress to Reject Any Proposal for Budget Cuts
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign launched a “Take Action” page enabling advocates to send pre-formatted letters to their federal elected officials urging them to provide the highest…
HUD Report Finds Variations in Ability of New Voucher Recipients to Secure Housing
A report released by HUD, “Using HUD Administrative Data to Estimate Success Rates and Search Durations for New Voucher Recipients,” uses a new approach based on HUD administrative data to estimate…
New Research on Emergency Housing Voucher Program Identifies Strategies to Address Homelessness, Including in Tight Housing Markets
New research released by the Terner Center for Housing Innovation, “Using Emergency Housing Vouchers to Address Homelessness,” explores the opportunities and challenges associated with the Emergency…
Emergency Housing Voucher Lease-Up Rates Vary across Public Housing Authorities
Source: Economy, C., Finnigan, R., Espinoza, M., “Using Emergency Housing Vouchers to Address Homelessness,” 2023, https://bit.ly/3mV0KdN
NLIHC to Honor Rep. Cori Bush, Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico, and John Parvensky with Housing Leadership Awards!
NLIHC will present housing leadership awards to Representative Cori Bush (D-MO), John Parvensky, and Ayuda Legal Puerto Rico at the 41st Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception, which will be held…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of March 12
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of March 12: “How homelessness is driving local politics in the West” Axios Salt Lake City, March 10 at: http…
Where to Find Us – March 20
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Private Capital Investment in Multifamily Affordable Housing – March 27 (Andrew Aurand) National Housing Resource Center Conference – Washington, D.C., March 27 (…
NLIHC Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary of American Rescue Plan Act
NLIHC released a statement on March 10 – the two-year anniversary of the enactment of the “American Rescue Plan Act” (ARPA) – celebrating the tremendous success of ARPA in addressing the health and…
Senator Wyden Introduces DASH Act; NLIHC Continues to Oppose Wasteful MIHTC Proposal
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced the “Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All (DASH) Act” in the U.S. Senate, promoting the bill during a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on March 8. While…