NLIHC to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Equitable Disaster Recovery; DHRC to Issue Disaster Recovery Reform Recommendations
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will testify at a House Transportation and Infrastructure hearing on equitable disaster recovery this week. The hearing, held by the Economic Development, Public…
House to Vote on FY21 THUD Spending Bill and Amendments
The House is scheduled to vote on a series of spending bills as soon as July 29, including the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill for fiscal year (FY) 2021…
Trump Memorandum Would Exclude Undocumented People from 2020 Census
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Commerce on July 21 declaring it the policy of the United States to exclude undocumented people from the 2020 Census.…
“Early Voting & Vote-by-Mail” Voter-Mobilization Webinar on August 20
NLIHC’s next Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 webinar (August 20 at 3 pm ET) will focus on “Voter Mobilization: Early Voting and Vote-By-Mail.” The Washington Post reports that at least 76% of American…
Implementation of Exclusionary Zoning in New Jersey Allowed High-Income Areas to Avoid Economic Integration
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Exclusionary Zoning: Policy Design Lessons from the Mount Laurel Decisions,” reports that inclusionary zoning incentives …
UCLA Report Urges Acquiring Hotels for Use as Affordable Housing
The UCLA Luskin Institute on Inequality and Democracy recently published a second installment in its Housing Justice in the Time of COVID-19 series. The new report, Hotel California: Housing the…
Shortfall between Average Hourly Wage and Housing Wage Greatest in Hawaii, Maryland, and California
Source: NLIHC, Out of Reach 2020.
New Hampshire Housing Advocates Secure Funding for Rental Assistance, Shelters, and Services for Homeless Veterans
Responding to requests from housing advocates, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery has announced $57 million in CARES Act funding for…
Shriver Center to Hold Webinar on Environmental Justice in Federally Assisted Housing
The Shriver Center on Poverty Law will hold a webinar on “Poisonous Homes: The Fight for Environmental Justice in Federally Assisted Housing.” The webinar, which will be held on Tuesday, July 28…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of July 19
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of July 19: Renters brace for evictions as moratorium ends” Politico, July 24 at: https://tinyurl.com/y3a2djzf…
Point of View: We’re Running Out of Time – By Diane Yentel, NLIHC President and CEO
Congress returns to work today, with very little time left to negotiate and enact the next coronavirus emergency spending bill. Without a significant and sustained federal intervention, between 19…