Urge Congress to Provide Robust Funding for Affordable Housing Programs
President Trump is expected to release his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2021 on February 10. The president’s previous budget requests have proposed extreme cuts and the elimination of…
The Final Stretch to the 2020 Primaries
The 2020 presidential election is still months away, but the primaries start next month. The first presidential caucus takes place in Iowa on February 3 and the first presidential primary is in New…
Register for February 20 Podcast on the “Role of Housing Providers in Registering and Mobilizing Voters”
NLIHC will offer a podcast on “The Role of Housing Providers in Registering and Mobilizing Voters” on February 20 at 3:00 p.m. ET. Register for this podcast and NLIHC’s entire 15-month “Third…
Rep. Lacy Clay to Speak at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
U.S. Representative Lacy Clay (D-MO) will be a keynote speaker at NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020. …
Honor Jennifer Ho, Bill Faith, and Shauna Sorrells, 2020 Housing Leadership Award Recipients, with a Donation to NLIHC!
Make a contribution to NLHC in recognition of Jennifer Leimaile Ho, Bill Faith and Shauna Sorrells, NLIHC’s 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honorees. Jennifer Ho is the commissioner of Minnesota…
Save the Date for Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action 2020 – May 2-12!
Join us once again in a national call to end the affordable housing and homelessness crisis! Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action 2020 will take place May 2-12. Congress passed a…
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Publishes Papers on Housing and Health
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a founding partner of the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign, published on January 17 two papers that explore the connections between housing and…
HUD Drafts Grant for Stalled Puerto Rico Recovery Funding as Governor Comes Under Fire for Undistributed Emergency Supplies
HUD announced that it finished drafting a grant agreement for the more than $8 billion in stalled federal recovery funding for Puerto Rico approved by Congress almost two years ago (see Memo, 1/21).…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates, January 27
Federal Action & National News Acting FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor was officially sworn in as administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Administrator Gaynor discussed…
Urban Institute Releases Housing Supply Chartbook
The Urban Institute released a “Housing Supply Chartbook,” which provides summary data about the total U.S. housing stock, the share of the housing stock by housing type, construction costs, regional…
Research Primer on Challenges for Housing Affordability and Stability
The Aspen institute released a research primer on housing affordability and stability as part of its Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative (EPIC), an initiative dedicated to identifying and…