Additional Coronavirus Updates - Monday, March 23, 2020
NLIHC and its Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) are hosting weekly national calls on COVID-19, homelessness, and housing every Monday afternoon. The next call is today (March 23), 2:30…
Senator Jeff Merkley Introduces “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act”
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced on March 12 the “Making Affordable Housing Opportunities More Equitable Act” (S. 3452). This comprehensive bill is designed to reduce the shortcomings of…
Representatives Jayapal and Meng Introduce “Housing is a Human Right Act”
Representatives Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Grace Meng (D-NY) introduced on March 19 the “Housing is a Human Right Act” (H.R. 6308). The bill would authorize more than $200 billion over 10 years in…
Senators Submit Comment Letter Opposing HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule
A group of 37 Democratic senators, led by Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH), submitted a comment letter on March 16 opposing HUD’s proposed…
NLIHC Submits Comment Letter Opposing HUD’s Proposed AFFH Rule
NLIHC submitted a comment letter opposing HUD’s proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule that is, in fact, not a fair housing rule. HUD’s proposal to gut the 2015 AFFH rule…
Coronavirus-Required Social Distancing Is One More Reason to Plan on Voting by Mail
Voting by mail—also known as absentee voting—is a proven way to allow individuals to exercise their right to vote without having to go to the polls. This option is more important than ever in the…
View Recording of Webinar on Effective Candidate Engagement
NLIHC’s Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project proceeds with its “Third Thursdays at Three” presentation series on crucial elements of effective election…
Campaign Expresses Support for Housing Investments in Infrastructure and “Pathway to Stable and Affordable Housing for All Act”
The Steering Committee of the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign sent two separate letters to members of Congress on March 17: the first urges housing investments in…
Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action in May Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
This year’s Our Homes, Our Voices National Housing Week of Action will not take place as scheduled May 2-12 due to public health concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic. It is clear the kinds of…
Freddie Mac Estimates Housing Shortage of 3.3 Million Homes
Freddie Mac released “The Housing Supply Shortage: State of the States,” which finds that 29 states and the District of Columbia have a housing undersupply. TShe largest deficits of housing supply…
Few Low-Wage Employees Have Flexible/Work-from-Home Workplace Policies where They Work
Source: BLS, National Compensation Survey, March 2019. Surveyed occupations classified into wage categories based on average wage for occupation. Survey asked about flexible workplace…