Urban Displacement Project Releases Housing Precarity Risk Model
The Urban Displacement Project at the University of California at Berkeley has released its Housing Precarity Risk Model (HPRM) Dashboard, which maps neighborhood-level risk of eviction and low-…
More than Half of All Federally Assisted Homes in Some Midwestern States Are at High Risk of Negative Impacts from Natural Hazards
Source: The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC) & the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), Taking Stock: Natural Hazards and Federally Assisted Housing, 2021.
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont Enacts Budget Allocating ARPA Funding for Housing
Governor Ned Lamont on June 23 signed Connecticut’s biennial state budget for FY22 and FY23, which includes significant funding for housing initiatives. The governor also signed a bond bill, H.B.…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of June 27
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 27: “The money is going to sit there: Thousands of Mississippians still waiting on rent relief,” NBC…
President Biden to Nominate Julia Gordon and Dave Uejio to Key HUD Positions
President Joe Biden announced on June 24 his intention to nominate Julia Gordon to be the assistant secretary for housing and federal housing commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)…
CDC Extends Eviction Moratorium for One Month, President Biden Activates Whole of Government to Prevent Evictions
The Biden administration announced on June 25 that it will extend through July 31 the federal eviction moratorium issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and it will implement…
Members of Congress Called on Biden Administration to Extend CDC Eviction Moratorium
Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), and Cori Bush (D-MO) led 45 of their House colleagues in a June 22 letter calling on the Biden administration and Director of the Centers…
White House Announces Agreement on Bipartisan Infrastructure Package with No Funding for Affordable Housing
The White House announced on June 24 that it has reached an agreement with a bipartisan group of senators on an infrastructure package that could pass with bipartisan support. The deal does not…
Take Action: Urge Your Members of Congress to Join Dear Colleague Letter in Support of HoUSed Campaign’s Infrastructure Priorities!
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter urging congressional leaders to include the HoUSed campaign’s top priorities in any…
Join NLIHC’s National Call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, and Affordable Housing” Today at 2:30 pm ET
Join today’s (June 28) national HoUSed campaign call from 2:30-4 pm ET. We will be joined by senior officials from the Biden administration, including Gene Sperling, senior advisor to President Biden…
Recording Available of NLIHC June 21 National Call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing”
During the most recent national call on “HoUSed: Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing,” we heard from HUD Senior Advisor Richard Cho about updates on homelessness and housing resources from the…