Disaster Housing Recovery Updates
Congressional and National Updates President Biden visited Rolling Fork, Mississippi, with HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell on March 31 following an EF-4 tornado…
Join Today’s (April 10) National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Homes!
Join today’s (April 10) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30 to 4 pm ET. Christi Economy from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, will join the call…
Join 4/20 Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response Webinar on Interim Housing
Join the Framework for an Equitable Homelessness Response on Thursday, April 20, from 3 to 4:30 pm ET for the second webinar in its series on reimagining interim housing, “Reimagining Interim Housing…
Congressional Progressive Caucus Releases Executive Action Agenda for the Biden Administration
The Congressional Progressive Caucus released its executive action priorities for the Biden administration, which include provisions to protect renters from price-gouging and excessive rent increases…
HUD Launches New LGBTQIA+ Fair Housing Toolkit
HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO) released an LGBTQIA+ Fair Housing Toolkit to educate housing providers, tenants, applicants, and other housing consumers about LGBTQIA+ fair…
NYC Health + Hospitals to Help 600 Patients Find Housing
NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal healthcare system in the country, announced that patients will receive one-on-one assistance to apply for housing. The support would help approximately…
From the Field: North Carolina Governor Proposes $160 Million for Affordable Housing
North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced a proposed $160 million investment in housing on March 15 – the largest proposed housing investment in the state in over a decade. The proposal is…
Eviction Filings Associated with Increases in Homelessness
An article published in Housing Policy Debate, “Quantifying the Impact of Evictions and Eviction Filings on Homelessness Rates in the United States,” evaluates the relationship between evictions and…
Public Housing Authorities Are Implementing Strategies to Improve Resident Outcomes and Address Equity
The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) released a new report detailing how public housing authorities (PHAs) are addressing equity in their communities. PAHRC surveyed PHAs to…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of April 2
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the week of April 2: “Here's what you need to earn per hour to afford rent in Spokane” KREM 2, April 3 at: http://bit.…