National Updates
Department of Agriculture
The USDA on September 21 announced the extension of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)…
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,…
The House of Representatives passed on September 22 a continuing resolution (CR) to extend current funding for federal agencies and programs through December 11. The bill (HR 8337) passed out of the…
HUD proposes a change to the 2016 Harassment rule, eliminating a paragraph pertaining to “third-party liability” under the Fair Housing Act of 1968. If the change is implemented, it would not be…
NLIHC submitted a comment letter on September 21 opposing HUD’s anti-transgender changes to the Equal Access Rule (see Memo, 7/27). NLIHC’s comments urges HUD to abandon its proposed changes to the…
HUD published proposed changes to the Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) regulations in the Federal Register on September 21. The proposed changes primarily implement statutory changes required by “The…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign is announcing a new grant opportunity for state-level organizations interested in expanding multi-sector partnerships…
Voter engagement efforts are just as critical this year as years past, but how groups engage voters may look different due to the coronavirus pandemic. Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, NLIHC’s nonpartisan…
Join NLIHC and our partners for a special Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 webinar on Tuesday, September 29 at 11 am ET. This conversation will explore how owners and operators of affordable rental housing…
Join NLIHC next Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 webinar on October 15 at 3 pm ET on “Election Day! Getting Out the Vote.” The webinar will explore the most effective Election Day get-out-the-vote practices…
An article in Social Forces, “Serial Eviction Filing: Civil Courts, Property Management, and the Threat of Displacement,” finds that serial eviction filings—when a property manager files to evict the…
