House Passes Continuing Resolution to Keep Government Funded Through Election
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 Change to Weaken Anti-Harassment Rule
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 Submits Comment Letter Opposing HUD’s Harmful Proposed Anti-Transgender Changes
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 Publishes Proposed Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Rule Changes
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…
Multi-Sector Campaign Announces New Grant Opportunity for State-Based Organizations
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…
New Virtual Voter Engagement Guide Now Available!
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…
“Housing Providers and the November Elections” Webinar - September 29
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…
“Election Day! Getting Out the Vote” Webinar - October 15
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…
State and Municipal Legal Barriers May Reduce Serial Eviction Filings
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…
Some Evictions Continue Despite Federal Eviction Moratorium
Source: Eviction Lab, Eviction Tracking System.
Census Bureau Releases Data from 2019 ACS
The U.S. Census Bureau released new aggregate tables from the 1-Year 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) on September 17, showing nearly 20 million renter households are housing cost-burdened. The…