Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – April 12, 2021
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition is convening and supporting disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households, including…
HUD Office of Recapitalization Announces Faircloth-to-RAD Option to Create New Deeply Affordable Units
HUD’s Office of Recapitalization, which administers the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) formally announced the new “Faircloth-to-RAD” options for public housing agencies (PHAs) to create deeply…
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee to Hold Hearing on Racial Discrimination in Housing
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (BHUA) Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced on April 6 the committee schedule for the rest of the month. This includes a hearing on the legacy of racial…
New Research on the Impact of Redlining on Educational Outcomes
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University recently released a new working paper exploring the impact of historical redlining policies on educational outcomes, including school…
Honor Rep. Maxine Waters, Sen. Sherrod Brown, Joy Johnson, and the Housing Justice Network at NLIHC’s 2021 Housing Leadership Awards Celebration on April 28
Join us on April 28 to honor Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA), chair of the House Financial Services Committee; Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban…
Annual Index Compares States on Youth Homelessness Response
The National Homelessness Law Center and True Colors United recently released the 2020 State Index on Youth Homelessness. Each year, the two organizations collaborate to publish a report on the…
Research Brief Outlines Causes of Affordable Housing Shortages and How Federal Policies Can Help
A research brief from the Urban Institute and Moody’s Analytics, “Overcoming the Nation’s Daunting Housing Supply Shortage,” outlines explanations for our country’s housing shortage, and assesses how…
Overwhelming Majority of Severely Housing Cost-Burdened Renters Have Extremely Low Incomes
Source: NLIHC, 2021. The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes.
Berkeley Ends Exclusionary Zoning
Add another city to the growing list who have banned exclusionary zoning. At the end of February, Berkeley, CA, adopted a resolution calling for the end of exclusionary zoning by 2022. The city…
NLIHC Seeks Website and Graphic Design Specialist
NLIHC seeks a website and graphic design specialist who will be responsible for managing NLIHC websites and electronic communications, designing print and electronic publications and materials,…
NLIHC Seeks Project Director
NLIHC seeks a project director 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…