Campaign Revamps Website to Amplify Racial Equity
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign recently unveiled website changes that amplify the importance of racial equity in its housing advocacy work. Updated mission,…
Senate Budget Committee Releases Report Calling for Streamlining of “Duplicative” HUD Housing Programs
Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee released on October 22 a report calling for the streamlining of “duplicative” HUD housing programs. The report proposes “merging programs,” claiming that…
HUD PIH Guidance Urges PHAs to Avoid Excess Voucher Reserves
HUD’s Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) issued Notice PIH 2020-29 providing tools and guidance to help public housing agencies (PHAs) avoid excessive reserves of Housing Choice Voucher (HCV)…
NLIHC Summary and Analysis of HUD’s Final Section 3 Rule Now Available
NLIHC has released a “Detailed Summary and Analysis of the Final Section 3 Regulations” and a “Brief Summary and Analysis of the Final Section 3 Regulations.” The former has regulation citations,…
New Evidence Shows Evictions Have Lasting Negative Health Outcomes
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Losing Your Home Is Bad for Your Health: Short- and Medium-Term Health Effects of Eviction on Young Adults,” compares health outcomes for young adults who have…
Study of Housing and Transportation Costs Finds Suburbs Most Costly, but Low-Income Renters Struggle Everywhere
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Another Look at Location Affordability: Understanding the Detailed Effects of Income and Urban Form on Housing and Transportation Expenditures,” confirms that…
Renters Much More Likely than Homeowners to Experience Food Insecurity
Source: American Housing Survey, 2019.
NLIHC Seeks Manager/Director of Media Relations and Communications
NLIHC seeks a manager/director of media relations and communications to develop, implement, and manage media and public relations strategies to advance NLIHC’s mission of achieving socially just…
Texas Scorecards Track Local Efforts to Prevent Evictions and Keep Localities Accountable
Texas Housers, an NLIHC state partner, recently released its Local Policy Scorecards to assess how select cities and counties in Texas have allocated direct assistance resources and if they have…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of October 18
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of October 18: “Landlords challenge U.S. eviction ban and continue to oust renters,” Bloomberg…
New Data Show Millions, Disproportionately People of Color, Are Behind on Rent During Pandemic
New data analyzed by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) found that one in three adults had trouble paying for usual household expenses in the last seven days; the difficulty is…