National Updates
Congress
Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, requested a briefing from Pretium Partners, LLC about reports…
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition convenes and supports disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households, including the…
NLIHC has developed a sample comment letter advocates can use to respond to HUD’s Federal Register request for comments regarding the 2015 Interim Rule implementing the national Housing Trust Fund (…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign recently released a new blog post, “Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act: What It Is and Why It Matters.” The…
The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University on June 16 published its report on The State of the Nation’s Housing 2021. Amid the recovery of the U.S. economy, housing inequalities…
The expected enactment of H.B.18, “Access to Counsel in Evictions,” will make Maryland the second state in the nation, after Washington state, to ensure a legal right to counsel. Maryland…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Lauren Steimle as a web/graphic design specialist. Lauren will work with the NLIHC communications team and will be responsible for managing NLIHC websites and electronic…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Sophie Siebach-Glover as a research specialist. Sophie will work with the research team to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of state and local emergency…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Sam Adams as a summer 2021 intern with the Opportunity Starts at Home (OSAH) multi-sector affordable homes campaign. Sam is a graduate student in public policy at the…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Emma Fairfield as the summer field intern. Emma is a rising senior at the University of Texas at Austin majoring in urban studies with a minor in social entrepreneurship…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 13:
“There's a 4 million home shortage. Can the federal government help fix the problem?” Vox, June 17…
