Senate Committee Fails to Advance Key HUD Nominees After Tied Votes Along Party Lines
The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held an executive session on January 19 to vote on several Biden administration nominees, including five nominees for key HUD assistant…
Congressional Appropriators Continue to Negotiate FY22 Spending Deal
Congressional appropriators in the House and Senate continue to negotiate a deal on a federal spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2022, after months of stalemate between Democratic and Republican…
NLIHC Testifies Before Congress on Disaster Recovery Reform
The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services’ Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing, “Ensuring Equitable Delivery of Disaster Benefits to Vulnerable Communities and Peoples:…
Coronavirus Updates – January 24, 2022
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on January 18 the awarding of more than $83 million in Indian…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – January 24, 2022
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) The Washington Post reports FEMA and HUD are collaborating on a new program that will offer subsidized apartments and case management services to help…
NLIHC Releases New Report on Tenant Protections and Emergency Rental Assistance during the Pandemic
NLIHC released a new report, Tenant Protections and Emergency Rental Assistance during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, on January 20. The report provides a descriptive analysis of new tenant…
New Research Highlights Challenges Faced by Oregon’s Safe Harbor Policy
A new report on evictions in Oregon, “Oregon’s Safe Harbor for Tenants: Rocky Shoals in Eviction Diversion,” evaluates the effectiveness of the state’s recent safe harbor policy. This policy delays…
Campaign Sends Letter to Congress Urging Major Expansion to Rental Assistance in Final FY22 Spending Bill
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) multi-sector affordable homes campaign director, Mike Koprowski, sent a letter on behalf of the campaign to appropriators urging that a final Fiscal Year (FY)…
U.S. City Mayors Express Having Little Control Over Homelessness, According to Survey
Boston University’s Initiative on Cities’ 2021 Menino Survey of Mayors asked mayors of U.S. cities about homelessness. More than one-third (38%) of mayors who responded said they had little or no…
New Housing Report Released by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
The Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University released a new report, America’s Rental Housing 2022, on January 21. The report finds that the rental housing market rebounded in…
Eighty-Four States and Jurisdictions Enacted Tenant Protections in 2021
Source: Tenant Protections and Emergency Rental Assistance during and beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic