Sign on by April 1 to Letter Supporting Increased Federal Funding for Housing and Homelessness!
Advocates for housing, community development, and ending homelessness are working together to urge Congress to provide increased funding for HUD and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) housing and…
NLIHC, National Alliance to End Homelessness, and National League of Cities Hold Webinar on FEMA-Reimbursed Non-Congregate Sheltering
NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) hosted a webinar, “Non-Congregate Sheltering During the Pandemic: Using New FEMA Policy to Save Lives,” co-sponsored by the National Alliance to End…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s March 15 National Call on “Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness”
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, we received updates on the eviction moratorium and an overview of the housing and homelessness provisions in…
Additional Coronavirus Updates – March 22, 2021
National Updates Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Join SAMHSA’s Homeless and Housing Resource Center on March 25, 2021 from 3:30-5 pm ET in exploring equitable and…
Treasury Releases Revised Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Guidance
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released on March 16 a revised Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document regarding its $25 billion emergency rental assistance (ERA) program approved by Congress…
House Passes Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization
The House of Representatives passed on March 17 a reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) by a vote of 244-172. Last reauthorized in 2013, VAWA provides critical protections and…
Representatives Bowman and Cleaver Introduce Bill to Expand Affordable Broadband Access for Low-Income Tenants
Representatives Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) and Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) introduced on March 16 a bill to expand affordable broadband access to 8 million families living in federally subsidized housing. If…
Senator Cortez Masto Reintroduces Bill to Combat Housing Discrimination
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) on March 17 introduced S.769, the “Housing Fairness Act of 2021.” This bill, first introduced on December 3 (see Memo, 12/14/2020), would strengthen fair housing…
DHS Publishes Final Rule Vacating Harmful 2019 Public Charge Rule
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), published the final rule, “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds; Implementation of…
NLIHC Submits Comments about Proposed REAC/NSPIRE Regulations
NLIHC submitted comments regarding HUD’s proposed regulations intended to align and consolidate the various physical inspection requirements of most of HUD’s housing programs (see Memo, 1/19 and…
“Sharing Stories of Lived-Experience to Bring About Change” to be Featured at NLIHC’s 2021 Virtual Housing Policy Forum, March 30-31!
NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021: A New Day will take place on March 30-31 from 12-5:30 pm ET. The forum will feature a special presentation guiding attendees through the process of crafting…