NLIHC Releases The Gap, Finds Shortage of 7 Million Affordable and Available Homes for Extremely Low-Income Renter Households
NLIHC released its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, which finds that extremely low-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes…
Learn How to Get Candidates on the Record about Affordable Housing - March 19 Webinar!
Join the NLIHC-led Our Homes, Our Votes 2020 nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project, and participate in a webinar on “Getting Candidates on the Record” about their affordable housing…
NLIHC Cancels Housing Policy Forum, Postpones Leadership Awards Reception due to Coronavirus
NLIHC’s 2020 Housing Policy Forum was scheduled to take place on March 25-27, and other NLIHC events planned that week included the our state partners’ meeting, a special session for resident leaders…
Senate THUD Subcommittee Questions HUD Secretary Carson on FY21 Funding Request, Coronavirus Response
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development held a hearing on March 11 to review HUD’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 funding request and budget justification.…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - March 16, 2020
The following is a review of additional disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 3/09…
Campaign Urges Congress to Include Emergency Assistance Funding in Coronavirus Response
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign sent a letter on March 12 to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and to House…
Join National Call on Coronavirus and Homelessness/Housing, Today 2:30 p.m. ET
Join a national call on “Coronavirus and Homelessness/Housing” today at 2:30 p.m. ET. The call, hosted by NLIHC’s Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC), will feature homelessness services and…
HUD Posts Slides and Recording of Canceled Webinar on Infectious Disease Preparedness for Homeless Assistance Providers
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) cancelled its March 10 webinar, “Infectious Disease Preparedness for Homeless Assistance Providers and Their Partners,” (see Memo, 3/9) due…
HUD Office of Multifamily Housing Issues Coronavirus FAQs
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs (Multifamily), which oversees contracts with private owners of HUD-assisted properties, issued “Questions and Answers for Office of Multifamily Housing…
NLIHC Signs Letters Urging Congress to Support Low-Income Workers During Coronavirus Outbreak
NLIHC joined two sign-on letters urging Congress to take immediate action to support low-income workers during the coronavirus outbreak (now a pandemic). Interim guidance from the Centers for Disease…
Senator Sherrod Brown Sends Letter to Administration Requesting They Address Serious Coronavirus Concerns in Assisted Housing
Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Sherrod Brown (D-OH) sent a letter on March 11 to Vice President Mike Pence, HUD Secretary Ben Carson, and Department of…