Disaster Housing Recovery Update – January 17, 2023
HUD published two documents in the Federal Register for public comment. Both documents are Requests for Information (RFIs) concerning the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery…
Discounts Available on Hotel Rooms for Forum – Book Now!
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2023 is quickly approaching, and we are excited to announce that early registrants will have access to discounted rates on hotel rooms at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol…
Application Deadline for Forum Hotel Scholarships Extended to January 23
To help low-income people attend our 2023 Housing Policy Forum in March, NLIHC is offering a limited number of shared-lodging scholarships for stays at the Hilton Washington DC Capitol Hill Hotel in…
OSAH Welcomes New Partners in Alabama, Alaska, and Maryland
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign has welcomed three new state grantees: the Low Income Housing Coalition of Alabama, the Alaska Coalition on Housing and Homelessness, and the Maryland…
New Data from Household Pulse Survey Suggest Disparities among Households Displaced by Disasters
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey offer insight into displacement among households due to disasters. As of December 2022, nearly 1.9 million households had been displaced…
Tenants Face Numerous Barriers in Navigating Eviction Court, New Research Finds
A paper published in City & Community, “Navigating an Overburdened Courtroom: How Inconsistent Rules, Shadow Procedures, and Social Capital Disadvantage Tenants in Eviction Court,” explores the…
Black, Non-Latino and Latino Households More Likely to be Displaced due to a Disaster
Source: NLIHC tabulations of Household Pulse Survey Week 52: December 9-19, 2022, U.S. Census Bureau
Sign Up Today to Receive a Hard Copy of the Upcoming Issue of Tenant Talk!
NLIHC will release the next issue of Tenant Talk – Advancing Tenant Protections: Building Tenant Power to Achieve Renter Equity – on February 9! Sign up today to receive a paper copy of the upcoming…
Alameda County Board of Supervisors Approves Suite of Tenant Protections
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors voted in December 2022 to approve a suite of tenant protections, including a fair chance ordinance that makes the California county the first county in the…
NLIHC in the News for the Weeks of January 1 and January 8
The following are some of the news stories to which NLIHC contributed during the weeks of January 1 and January 8: “Tenant Advocates Wait for Action after Meeting with White House Officials”…
NLIHC Welcomes Nada Hussein as ERASE Project Coordinator
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Nada Hussein as project coordinator with the End Rental Arrears to Stop Evictions (ERASE) team. In this role, Nada will work to advance the Coalition’s mission by ensuring…