NLIHC and NHLP Submit Recommendations to Chair Waters for Emergency Rental Assistance Legislation
NLIHC and National Housing Law Project (NHLP) sent on August 31 a letter to House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters (D-CA) outlining recommendations for Chair Waters’s forthcoming…
ERA Programs Increase Flexibilities
NLIHC has been closely tracking Treasury Department Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) programs since programs began in February 2021. Between April and September 1, some administrators have made…
Using Administrative Data Can Reduce Barriers and Promote Efficiency in ERA Distribution
U.S. Department of the Treasury guidance encourages the use of categorical eligibility to verify income and reduce barriers to accessing emergency rental assistance. In accordance with this guidance…
Attorney General Garland Urges Legal Community to Take Action to Prevent Evictions
Attorney General Merrick Garland sent a letter on August 30 calling on the legal community to volunteer to confront the ongoing housing and eviction crisis. The letter urges members of the legal…
FEMA Announces Major Improvements for Low-Income Disaster Survivors
FEMA announced major reforms to address long-standing barriers that have prevented the lowest-income and most marginalized disaster survivors from receiving the assistance they need to recover. The…
NHLP Memorandum Urges HUD to Protect Residents from Eviction, Cites HUD’s Existing Authority
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) sent a memorandum to high-level HUD career staff and to Erika Poethig of the White House Domestic Policy Council detailing HUD’s existing statutory and…
Additional Coronavirus Updates – September 7, 2021
National Updates Congress Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Cori Bush (D-MO), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) led over 60 of their House colleagues in writing to…
Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – September 7, 2021
Our thoughts are with everyone impacted by Hurricane Ida, which slammed into the Southeast Louisiana coast as a major Category 4 hurricane on August 29, causing catastrophic damage sixteen years to…
White House Announces Immediate Steps to Increase Affordable Housing Supply
The White House announced steps to expand the affordable housing supply by 100,000 units for homeowners and renters over the next three years. These steps will create, preserve, and sell units to…
House Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearings on Emergency Rental Assistance and Treasury’s Response to Pandemic
House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) announced on August 31 several hearings for the month of September. The schedule includes a full committee hearing on the…
House Majority Whip Clyburn Releases “Clyburn Chronicles” Episode with NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) released on August 31 a new episode of “Clyburn Chronicles,” the congressman’s podcast, featuring NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel discussing how the…