The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) updated its “Coronavirus Relief Fund Frequently Asked Questions” on June 24. These frequently asked questions (FAQs) supplement Treasury’s Coronavirus…
NLIHC’s most recent national call on coronavirus, housing, and homelessness took place on June 22. NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel announced a new partnership among several national…
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National Updates
Department of Agriculture
USDA announced on June 19 that it has extended the foreclosure and eviction…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multisector affordable homes campaign has updated its vision, mission, and goal statements to explicitly center racial equity. The campaign’s Racial Equity…
Voters want to know where candidates stand on affordable housing and homelessness. Candidate questionnaires are an effective, nonpartisan way to get information about candidate positions and inform…
The next NLIHC Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 webinar on July 16 at 3 pm ET will explore “The Challenge of Voting While Homeless” and what advocates, shelter providers, and outreach agencies can do to…
New research published in Housing Policy Debate, “No Easy Decisions: Developing an Evidence-Informed Process to Allocate Housing Choice Vouchers to Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence,” details…
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed an executive order on June 26 that extends the state’s eviction moratorium to July 15 and establishes an Eviction Diversion Program that will be…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of June 21:
“End of Dallas' eviction moratorium could mean surge in homelessness, tenants advocates warn,”…
House Democrats released on June 18 the “Moving Forward Act,” a $1.5 trillion infrastructure package. In addition to investing substantially in repairing the nation’s roads and bridges and improving…
Join today’s (June 22) national call on coronavirus, housing and homelessness at 2:30 - 4 pm ET to hear from our guest speaker, Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American…
