“Zoning Reform, Civil Rights, and Housing Justice” to be Featured at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty, taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27 (register here) will feature dozens of sessions with compelling speakers, and…
Join NLIHC at March 26 Reception Honoring Housing Leaders Jennifer Ho, Bill Faith, and Shauna Sorrells!
Register to attend NLIHC's 38th Annual Housing Leadership Awards Reception to celebrate the 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honorees Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Bill Faith and Shauna Sorrells. The reception…
New Podcast Episode on Latino Rental Housing Affordability
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign released its latest podcast episode, “Latino Rental Housing Affordability,” featuring Agatha So, senior policy analyst…
Disaster Recovery Research Consortium Holds Meetings with Congressional Offices and HUD
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Research Consortium convened in Washington, DC on March 2-3 and met with congressional offices and officials from HUD about data and research priorities for…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - March 9, 2020
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 3/02…
Study Finds Federally Assisted Renter Households Live in Neighborhoods with Fewer Close, Available Jobs
A paper published by the Urban Institute, “Spatial Mismatch and Federally Supported Rental Housing,” found that assisted households had substantially lower access to jobs within a standard commuting…
Policy Surveillance Program’s Fair Housing and Nuisance Ordinance Data
The Policy Surveillance Program at Temple University’s Center for Public Health Law Research updated two datasets, one on state fair housing protections and another on city nuisance property…
The Importance of the 2020 Census for People Experiencing Homelessness
People experiencing homelessness are among the populations deemed “hard to count” by census officials, putting them at a higher risk of not being fully counted in the 2020 Census. The needs of this…
Virginia House of Delegates Passes Bill to Prohibit Landlords from Refusing Housing Choice Vouchers
The Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill 6 (HB 6) on March 4, advancing fair housing protections for renters who use Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV). The bill would add discrimination on the…
NHLP to Conduct Webinar on Housing Rights for Domestic Violence Survivors Who Interact with Criminal Justice System
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will conduct a webinar, “Housing Rights for Survivors of Domestic Violence Interacting with the Criminal Justice System,” on Monday, March 30 at 3:00 p.m. ET…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of March 1
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of March 1: “The Surprising Causes of Homelessness,” Medium, March 3 at: https://tinyurl.com/qm5848l “…