Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) sent a letter on September 27 to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Mark Calabria, urging the agency to continue contributions to the…
More than 800 organizations have signed onto a national letter calling on the moderators of the fourth presidential debate to ask the candidates about their affordable housing solutions. The deadline…
Participate in the #OurHomesOurVotes2020 tweetstorm on Thursday, October 10 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET to urge the moderators of the next presidential debate to ask a question on affordable…
The next Democratic presidential debate will take place on October 15 in Westerville, Ohio. The NLIHC-led Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project provides fact…
Registration is open for NLIHC’s 15-month “Third Thursdays at Three” webinar and podcast series on nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement, Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020. The second webinar…
The Fight for Housing Justice campaign and the Defend Civil Rights campaign have each provided new materials to help advocates write and submit comments against HUD’s extremely harmful proposed…
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced “Disaster Assistance Simplification Act” on September 26. The legislation addresses existing issues between HUD’s disaster assistance programs and the Small…
The Disaster Housing Recovery Coalition (DHRC) – an NLIHC-led coalition of over 800 organizations collaborating to ensure equitable disaster housing recovery, especially for the lowest-income people…
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 9/30…
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign released a new podcast episode on October 1 on the intersections of…
A recent Multifamily Market Commentary from Fannie Mae offers a succinct summary of state and local programs and policies aimed at increasing the supply of affordable housing. It reviews the…