Housing Quality Law Underenforced in New York City Housing Court
A study in the Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, “The Limits of Good Law: A Study of Housing Court Outcomes,” finds that few renters in New York City eviction cases are…
Racial Unemployment Gap Widens during COVID-19 Pandemic
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Situation Summary, August 7, 2020.
Join Tenant Talk Live Today (Monday 8/17) at 6 pm ET
Join resident leaders and NLIHC staff for the next Tenant Talk Live webinar, featuring NLIHC partners from the National Housing Law Project (NHLP). NHLP Director of Communications Deidre Swesnik will…
Emergency Rental Assistance in Response to COVID-19: Themes, Challenges, and Early Lessons Learned - Webinar August 19
Numerous state and local governments have created or expanded emergency rental assistance programs in response to the pandemic and economic crisis. These programs are imperative to keeping low-income…
California Advocates Push for Statewide Office to End Homelessness
California lawmakers are considering the creation of an Office to End Homelessness within the governor’s office. Currently, the state homelessness response is spread between 13 agencies administering…
NLIHC Welcomes Bairy Diakite as Operations Manager
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Bairy Diakite as the Coalition’s operations manager. Bairy will work with the NLIHC chief operating officer and the director of administration to ensure effective and…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of August 9
The following are some of the news stories NLIHC contributed to during the week of August 9: “Trump promises relief as renters await a second stimulus,” Forbes, August 14 at: https://tinyurl.com/…
Trump’s Empty Shell of a Promise to Renters – by Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
The executive order signed on August 8 by President Trump is an empty shell of a promise that does nothing to prevent evictions and homelessness and acts only to mislead renters into believing that…
Negotiations on COVID-19 Relief Package Break Down
Negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House broke down over the weekend as President Trump issued four executive orders and memorandums on August 8 purporting to extend protections…
New Research Shows 30-40 Million People Could Face Eviction Without Significant Federal Intervention
NLIHC partnered with nine other institutes and organizations to release a report on August 7 indicating that without significant federal intervention, 30-40 million people in the US are at risk of…
Join NLIHC’s National Call on Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness Today at 2:30 pm ET
Representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) will join today’s (August 10) national call on coronavirus, housing, and homelessness at 2:30 - 4 pm ET. They will discuss the state of…