The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Rural Development sent a July 20 email to its Multifamily Housing partners providing three Q&As on how its Multifamily Housing programs will be…
NLIHC’s most recent national call on “Coronavirus, Housing, and Homelessness” took place on July 20. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, discussed the current…
Join resident leaders and NLIHC staff for the next Tenant Talk Live webinar to learn about leveraging resident management councils, as well as to discuss the impacts of the coronavirus…
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Congress
“To avoid a tsunami that could put millions of people out on the street, Congress should extend and expand the national eviction moratorium, provide emergency rental…
Join a live-stream celebration of the 2020 Housing Leadership Awards honorees Bill Faith, Jennifer Leimaile Ho, and Shauna Sorrells. These outstanding affordable housing leaders will be honored…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a House Transportation and Infrastructure hearing on equitable disaster recovery this week. The hearing, held by the Economic Development, Public…
The House is scheduled to vote on a series of spending bills as soon as July 29, including the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2021…
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Commerce on July 21 declaring it the policy of the United States to exclude undocumented people from the 2020 Census.…
NLIHC’s next Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 webinar (August 20 at 3 pm ET) will focus on “Voter Mobilization: Early Voting and Vote-By-Mail.” The Washington Post reports that at least 76% of American…
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Exclusionary Zoning: Policy Design Lessons from the Mount Laurel Decisions,” reports that inclusionary zoning incentives …
The UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy recently published a second installment in its Housing Justice in the Time of COVID-19 series. The new report, Hotel California: Housing the…
