Senator and presidential candidate Michael Bennet (D-CO) toured a homeless shelter and food pantry, Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter (NSKS), in Nashua, NH, last week. Hosted by Our Homes, Our Votes,…
Register today for NLIHC’s webinar on “Voter Registration – Messaging, Events, and Canvassing” on December 19 at 3:00 p.m. ET and NLIHC’s entire 15-month “Third Thursdays at Three” webinar and…
Congress announced a tentative final spending deal on December 12 for fiscal year 2020 (FY20). The House plans to begin voting on the series of spending packages, known as minibuses, starting on…
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent a letter on December 10 requesting updates to HUD’s Contingency Plan for Possible Lapse in Appropriations 2019 to Senators Mike…
Members of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) confirmed Robert Marbut as the new executive director on December 10. President Trump appointed Mr. Marbut, a community college…
Led by Representatives William Lacy Clay (D-MO), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Gwen Moore (D-WI), a group of 75 House Democrats sent a letter to President Trump on December 10 outlining their…
Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter to HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CPD) David Woll criticizing the…
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty released the 2019 edition of Housing Not Handcuffs, which provides an overview of laws in effect throughout the country that restrict or prohibit…
A paper published in Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, “Small Area Fair Market Rents, Race, and Neighborhood Opportunity,” estimates that widespread adoption of Small Area Fair…
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a report on how to measure communities’ financial health, Unequal Access to Credit: The Hidden Impact of Credit Constraints. The report introduces the…
HUD’s Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) posted two new features on the website of the National Standards for the Physical Inspection of Real Estate (NSPIRE) demonstration, both in response to…