Right to Counsel Expands in New Orleans and New York City
The New Orleans City Council approved a 2022 operating budget that fully funds the right to counsel for tenants in eviction court. The budget, which passed city council on December 1, contains $2…
Join Today’s Tenant Talk Live Webinar for Renters and Tenant Leaders: Should Credit and Asset Building for Renters Be Tested by the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration?
Join NLIHC’s Tenant Talk Live webinar – a webinar with and for renter and tenant leaders – today, December 6 at 6 pm ET (5 pm CT, 4 pm MT, and 3pm PT) to learn about credit and asset building and to…
Register for NLIHC Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022, March 22-23!
Register for NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2022: Achieving Housing Justice taking place March 22-23, 2022, 12:30-5:30 pm ET on March 22 and 1:00-5:30 pm ET on March 23. The forum will feature…
Nominate an Organization or Campaign for NLIHC’s 2022 Organizing Awards!
NLIHC encourages affordable housing advocates to submit applications or nominations for the 2022 Annual Organizing Awards. Two awards will be granted for organizations or campaigns that organized to…
Nominate an NLIHC Board Member Today!
NLIHC member and partners are encouraged to submit nominations (or self-nominate!) to fill upcoming vacancies on the NLIHC board of directors. Nominees for board membership must be current dues-…
NLIHC Seeks Development Specialist
NLIHC seeks a development specialist who will have primary responsibility for a portfolio of development/fundraising activities for the Coalition. The activities, along with secondary activities…
NLIHC Seeks Housing Advocacy Organizer
NLIHC seeks a housing advocacy organizer who will be responsible for maintaining and expanding NLIHC membership and mobilizing advocates on federal policy priorities to advance the Coalition’s…
NLIHC Seeks ERASE Project Coordinator
NLIHC seeks a project coordinator for its ERASE (End Rental Arears to Stop Evictions) project to ensure that the historic emergency rental assistance ($46 billion) appropriated by Congress reaches…
NLIHC in the News for the Weeks of November 22 and November 28
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the weeks of November 22 and November 28: “Here’s why the US government is changing rent relief distribution,” CNN,…
Some ERA Programs Close Application Portals as They Project Expending Funds
While many Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) programs funded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury continue to distribute funds slowly, others have received enough applications to allocate all funds…
FEMA Holds Civil Rights Summit on Equity; NLIHC Speaks on Panel of Leaders for Equitable Disaster Recovery
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) held a day-long Civil Rights Summit, “CR Summit 2.0,” on November 17. The summit, hosted by FEMA’s Office of Equal Rights (OER), included updates from…