House Financial Services Committee Democrats Send Letter to FHFA Urging Agency to Provide Robust Tenant Protections
Democrats on the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services sent a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson on August 23 urging the agency to use…
Join Today’s (August 28) National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Homes!
Join today’s (August 28) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4:00 pm ET. NLIHC’s Noah Patton will discuss housing stability and the outlook for long-term recovery following recent disasters in…
HUD Approves Modification to Housing Choice Voucher Program to Support Homelessness Solutions in Los Angeles
On August 18, HUD approved requests by the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA) and Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) to modify Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update – August 28, 2023
Congressional and National Updates Congress remains unlikely to replenish FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund any time soon. While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle recognize the urgent need to do so –…
HUD PIH Invites Certain PHAs to Apply for Fifth MTW Cohort
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2023-20, inviting public housing agencies (PHAs) with 1,000 or fewer combined units of public housing and Housing Choice Vouchers (…
HUD Office of Multifamily Housing Reminds Owners That Tenant Organizations May Use Community Rooms for Tenant Organizing Activities
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily) distributed an email reminding owners and managers of private housing assisted by the Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)…
Register for 9/13 Joint NLIHC, HIP, RF Webinar on Tenant Experiences with ERA
Join us on September 13 from 2 to 3 pm ET for a webinar featuring researchers from NLIHC, the Housing Initiative at Penn (HIP), and the Reinvestment Fund (RF) who will present findings from their…
Alaska Housing Summit Convenes Cross-Sector Partners to Discuss Affordable Housing Challenges and Solutions
The Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness (an NLIHC state partner) and the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness (an NLIHC member) held an “Alaska Housing Summit” on August 21. The hybrid…
New Research Explores Connections between Residential Segregation and Health
A new article published in Health Affairs examines the connections between residential segregation and health. The paper shares an overview of the history of segregation in the U.S., explains the…
Number of Renters with Worst Case Housing Need Hits Record High
HUD released an Executive Summary of its forthcoming Worst Case Housing Needs 2023 Report to Congress on August 21. According to the summary, HUD estimates that a record-high 8.53 million very low-…
Worst Case Housing Need among Very Low-Income Renters Hits Record High in 2021
Note: Households with worst case housing needs have incomes below 50% of area median income, do not receive housing assistance, and spend more than half of their income on housing costs, live in…