Movement for Black Lives Releases “BREATHE Act” with Strong Housing Provisions
The Movement for Black Lives released the “BREATHE Act” on September 24, a sweeping proposal to divest resources from policing and incarceration and invest in a new vision of community safety focused…
Ta-Nehisi Coates to Address “Racial Equity and Housing Justice During and After COVID-19” on October 6!
Join NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and Ta-Nehisi Coates, National Book Award winner and distinguished writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, for a conversation on…
Unpaid Rent May Be as High as $34 Billion by End of the Year
A report from Stout, “Analysis of Current and Expected Rental Shortfall and Potential Evictions in the U.S.,” finds that between 9.7 and 14.2 million households, accounting for 23.3 to 34 million…
New Survey Finds COVID-19 Economic Impact Most Severe for Low-Income Adults and People of Color
A report from Pew Research Center, “Economic Fallout From COVID-19 Continues to Hit Lower-Income Americans the Hardest,” examines the economic toll that COVID-19 continues to take on U.S. households…
Significant Number of Renters Still Behind on Rent in September
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released an analysis of the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey for September 2 to September 14, which finds millions of households continuing to…
Affordable Rental Housing Providers’ Expenses Increasing, Rent Revenues Declining during Pandemic
The National Leased Housing Association (NLHA) and ndp analytics released the results of a survey of low- and moderate-income housing providers conducted in August, which asked them about additional…
Recording Available of NLIHC’s September 21 National Call on “Coronavirus, Disasters, Housing, and Homelessness”
During the most recent national call on coronavirus, disasters, housing, and homelessness, experts discussed the latest data on evictions, the impact of COVID-19 on income inequality, and the…
Bill Requiring Federally Funded Housing Projects to Take Flood Risk into Account Introduced in the House
Representatives David Price (D-NC), chair of the Transportation Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and Lee Zeldin (R-NY) have introduced the “Flood Resiliency and Taxpayer…
Legislation Passes Out of Committee to Increase FEMA Reimbursement Levels for State Action on COVID-19 and 2020 Disasters
A bill increasing the amount of reimbursement that states receive from FEMA for disaster and COVID-19 emergency measures was passed by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on…
Additional Coronavirus Updates - October 5, 2020
National Updates Advocacy NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) will continue to push for a broad array of resources and protections, including emergency rental…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates – October 5, 2020
The NLIHC-led Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition is convening and supporting disaster-impacted communities to ensure that federal disaster recovery efforts reach all impacted households,…