President Biden Signs American Rescue Plan Act with Nearly $50 Billion in Housing and Homelessness Assistance
President Biden signed into law on March 11 the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package with nearly $50 billion in essential housing and homelessness assistance,…
NLIHC to Testify at Senate Banking Committee Hearing on the State of Housing in America During and After COVID-19
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing, “Home = Life: The State of Housing in America,” on Tuesday, March 16 at 2 pm.…
Join March 16 Webinar on Non-Congregate Sheltering and FEMA Reimbursements
NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC), the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and the National League of Cities (NLC) will hold a webinar on the use of FEMA reimbursements to house…
Disaster Recovery and Disability Rights Advocates Call on FEMA to Expand Access to Non-congregate Sheltering Reimbursements
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) and a group of disability rights advocates sent a letter to FEMA Acting Administrator Robert Fenton calling on the agency to issue guidance…
NLIHC, Furman Center, and Housing Initiative at Penn Release Report on Strategies for Emergency Rental Assistance Programs to Serve Tenants Effectively
NLIHC, the NYU Furman Center, and the University of Pennsylvania’s Housing Initiative at Penn released Learning from Emergency Rental Assistance Programs: Lessons from Fifteen Case Studies on March 9…
New Case Studies Examine Advancing Racial Equity and Serving Extremely Low-Income Households through Emergency Rental Assistance Programs
NLIHC released two study briefs on March 12 illustrating how emergency rental assistance programs incorporate racial equity in their program design to effectively serve extremely low-income…
Join NLIHC’s National Call on Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness Today at 2:30 pm ET2233
Join today’s (March 15) national call on coronavirus, housing, and homelessness at 2:30-4 pm ET. We will provide details of the American Rescue Plan, including the housing and homelessness provisions…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s March 8 National Call on Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, we discussed renters’ experiences during COVID-19, learned about a new resource as part of the “Framework…
Additional Coronavirus Updates – March 15, 2021
National Updates Department of Housing and Urban Development A HUD factsheet on eligible ESG program costs for infectious disease preparedness has been updated to include costs specific to…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – March 15, 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…
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act Introduced in the House with Housing Protections for Survivors of Violence
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and 170 of her colleagues in the House introduced on March 8 the “Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2021” (H.R. 1620). The Violence Against Women…