Join Today’s (June 13) Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 Webinar on Registering Residents of Subsidized Housing and Community Members!
The Our Homes, Our Votes: 2022 webinar series features experts with frontline election experience who walk through every step of voter and candidate engagement activities and support…
Many Emergency Rental Assistance Programs Aim to Prevent Homelessness but Need Improvements to Do So
New research published in Housing Policy Debate, “Can Emergency Rental Assistance Be Designed to Prevent Homelessness? Learning from Emergency Rental Assistance Programs,” finds that while 89% of…
Preventing Homelessness is Most Commonly Cited Goal among Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
Note: Emergency rental assistance program administrators could identify more than one goal. Source: Aiken, C., Gould Ellen, I., Harner, I., Haupert, T., Reina, V., Yae, R. (2022). Can Emergency…
Join Us at the Poor People’s March in Washington, DC, on June 18!
NLIHC urges partners and members of our network to join other advocates from across the country on June 18 for the “Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly” and “Moral March on Washington…
San Francisco Mayor Releases Historic Plan to End Transgender Homelessness
San Francisco Mayor London Breed released a plan to end homelessness among transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) San Franciscans by 2027, making San Francisco the first U.S. city to commit to…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of June 5
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 5: “The American dream and the affordability crisis” HousingWire, June 10 at: https://bit.ly/3xOCmxP “…
Where to Find Us – June 13
NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: 2022 Just Economy Conference (NCRC), “Housing Justice Perspectives: Key Issues in Fair & Affordable Housing” –…
Congress Returns from Recess to Continue Work on FY23 Appropriations and Reconciliation Bills – Take Action!
Congress returns to the Capitol today (June 6) to continue negotiations over a fiscal year (FY) 2023 spending bill and a significantly scaled-down reconciliation package, among other legislative…
Chair Maxine Waters to Join Today’s National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing!
Join today’s (June 6) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” campaign from 2:30 to 4 pm ET to hear from U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters…
Join NLIHC’s National Call-In Day and Twitterstorm on June 7 to Demand Affordable Housing Investments Targeted to People with the Lowest Incomes in Any Reconciliation Package!
Join NLIHC on June 7 for a national call-in day and Twitterstorm at 1 pm ET to urge Congress to include robust funding for affordable housing investments targeted to people with the lowest incomes in…
U.S. Treasury Releases Emergency Rental Assistance Spending Data through April: 5.6 Million Payments Have Been Made to Households in Need
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released on June 3 Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) spending data through April 2022. ERA grantees spent approximately $1.1 billion of ERA2 and $563…