Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - January 11, 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…
Register for NLIHC Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021, March 30-31!
Register for NLIHC’s Virtual Housing Policy Forum 2021: A New Day taking place March 30-31, 1-5 pm ET. The forum will feature keynote speakers and panels on Racial Equity and Housing Justice;…
Final Week to Nominate Organizations and Campaigns for NLIHC’s 2021 Housing Organizing Awards!
This is the final week for affordable housing advocates to submit nominations for the 2021 Annual Organizing Awards! Two awards will be granted for achievements in expanding housing funding, renters…
Housing Challenges Common among Students, According to Educators in Recent Survey
A recent study by Enterprise Community Partners and the NHP Foundation found that 76% of educators reported housing-related challenges are somewhat or very common among their students. Survey…
Democrats Begin Planning Bold Legislative Proposals after Gaining Control of the Senate
Democrats gained control of the U.S. Senate after Senators-elect Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) defeated incumbent Senators Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) and David Perdue (R-GA) in Georgia’s…
PIH Assistant Secretary Hunter Kurtz Resigns
Hunter Kurtz, HUD’s assistant secretary for Public and Indian Housing (PIH), sent an email to public housing agency (PHA) executive directors on January 7 announcing his resignation at the close of…
HUD PIH Notice Describes Limits for Moving to Work PHAs Seeking to Participate in Voucher Mobility Demonstration
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing limits for public housing agencies (PHAs) applying to participate in both the Moving to Work (MTW…
Urban Institute Survey Reveals Ongoing Housing Instability among Renters
A recent survey and report from Urban Institute highlights the ongoing hardships many renters face amid COVID-19. The report, “The Looming Eviction Cliff: Findings from the Urban Institute…
Study of Rapid Rehousing Identifies Barriers to Successful Long-Term Outcomes
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “‘Many of us have been previously evicted’: Exploring the relationship between homelessness and evictions among families participating in the Rapid Rehousing…
Black and Latino Renters More Likely than White Renters to Be Several Months Behind on Rent
Source: Urban Institute Coronavirus Tracking Survey, Wave 2, September 2020.
CBPP Updates Data Dashboard on Federal Program Participants
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) houses a data dashboard containing the number of government program participants by state. The Program Participation Data Dashboard was recently…