Join Today’s “Tenant Talk Live” Webinar for Renters and Resident Leaders: Organizing for Housing Choice Voucher Holders
NLIHC will host “Tenant Talk Live” – a webinar with and for renter and resident leaders – today (May 2) at 6 pm ET. During the session, advocates will join us to discuss opportunities for organizing…
Register Now for May 4 Webinar on How Multi-sector Partnerships Advance Racial Equity
The Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) campaign will host a webinar, “How Multi-sector Partnerships Advance Racial Equity through a Housing Campaign,” on May 4 from 3 to 4 pm ET. The webinar…
Communities with Fewer ERA Disbursements Had Lower Institutional Capacity
Researchers from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley have released a new report examining how local institutional capacity relates to take-up rates of…
NLIHC and Friends Honor the CPC, Ann O’Hara, and Rep. Ritchie Torres at 2022 Virtual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration
NLIHC partners, friends, and supporters attended NLIHC’s 2022 Virtual Housing Leadership Awards Celebration honoring the affordable housing leadership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC),…
Congressional Leaders Submit Public Charge Rule Comment Letters
Members of Congress sent three letters to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week in support of needed reforms to the “public charge” rule to ensure immigrant families can access…
NLIHC Updates FAQ on Eligibility for Assistance Based on Immigration Status
NLIHC, the National Housing Law Project (NHLP), and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) have updated a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) resource on eligibility for COVID-19 assistance based on…
Discussions Over FY23 Budget and Reconciliation Package Pick Up After Congressional Recess – Take Action Today!
After a two-week recess, the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate were back in session last week to begin negotiations over the fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget and attempt to revitalize discussions…
Representatives Introduce House Bill to Increase Access to Housing Vouchers
Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and John Katko (R-NY) introduced the “Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2022” (H.R. 6880) in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 1. The bill would…
Recording of April 25 National HoUSed Campaign Call Now Available
On our most recent (April 25) national call for the “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” campaign, we received updates from Capitol Hill, discussed findings from NLIHC’s new edition of…
More Information about HUD’s New Public Housing Data Dashboard
As reported last week (see Memo, 4/25), HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) released a new Public Housing Data Dashboard. In this Memo article, NLIHC provides a more detailed analysis of…
HUD PIH Announces Asset- and Credit-Building Moving to Work (MTW) Cohort
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted Notice PIH 2022-11 inviting public housing agencies (PHAs) to apply to a new Moving to Work Demonstration (MTW) cohort that will experiment with…