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 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 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 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…
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,…
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…
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…
National Updates
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD on November 10 announced $74 million in Indian Community Block Grant – American Rescue Plan (ICDBG-ARP) grants to 68 Tribal…
Advocacy
Chrishelle Palay, NLIHC board member and director of the Houston Organizing Movement for Equity (HOME) Coalition, joined last week’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) Disaster…
The House of Representatives voted on November 19 to approve the “Build Back Better Act” by a near party-line vote of 220-213. The $1.75 trillion economic recovery package includes more than $150…
Join today’s (November 22) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will discuss the latest developments on the “Build Back Better Act,” its historic affordable housing investments, and…
At our most recent (November 15) national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing,” we discussed advocacy efforts to prevent evictions in HUD housing, provided updates on the “…
