The continuing resolution (CR) passed by Congress on September 30 included $28.6 billion in disaster relief supplemental appropriation. The funding had long been pursued by elected officials in…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel sent a letter to FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell thanking her for recent changes making disaster assistance easier to access and requesting a meeting on…
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Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
HUD and Treasury hosted an Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) webinar on September 23 featuring case studies of ERA grantees,…
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Congress
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards met with Congress last week in a bid to increase the amount of disaster recovery assistance headed to the state, which is still…
Representatives Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) on September 24 introduced the “We Need Eviction Data Now Act,” which would create a federal database to track evictions across the…
NLIHC submitted on September 27 a statement for the record for the September 28 congressional hearing, “Access Denied: Eliminating Barriers and Increasing Economic Opportunity for Justice-Involved…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a Federal Register notice on September 27 setting forth policies and procedures for administering the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing…
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) posted a fifth update to its frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Emergency Housing Voucher (EHV) program created by the “American Rescue Plan…
HUD published a Federal Register notice on September 28 announcing the extension of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate and Associated Protocols (NSPIRE) to April 30,…
HUD’s Office of Affordable Housing Programs (OAHP) issued a memorandum on September 27 revising and extending six coronavirus-related waivers for the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) program. The…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released an updated national policy agenda to reflect racial equity more strongly within the campaign’s policy priorities. The…
An article in American Sociological Review, “Racial Discrimination in Housing: How Landlords Use Algorithms and Home Visits to Screen Tenants,” explores how racial discrimination affects landlord…
