Additional Coronavirus Updates - Monday, May 4, 2020
Please note that NLIHC will be hosting weekly national calls on COVID-19 and housing/homelessness every Monday afternoon. The next call is this coming Monday, May 4 at 2:30 to 4 pm ET. …
Leaders in Health, Education, Hunger, Faith, Civil Rights, Environment, and More Urge Housing Resources in Next COVID-19 Package
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign issued a press statement on April 27 urging Congress to address housing and homelessness in the next COVID-19 relief package. The…
Senators Klobuchar and Wyden Introduce “Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act”
Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden and 27 other original cosponsors have introduced the “Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA)” of 2020. The legislation would help voters exercise their…
NLIHC Provides New State-Specific Voter and Candidate Engagement Resources
Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020, NLIHC’s non-partisan project on candidate and voter engagement, recently revised its website to feature new state-specific pages that let advocates explore key voting…
2020 Elections Approach: Webinar on “Getting Housing Issues and Ballot Initiatives into the Elections,” May 21 at 3 pm ET
As the 2020 elections approach, learn about how advocates can advance housing issues and ballot initiatives during a NLIHC webinar on May 21 at 3 pm ET. Register for this webinar and NLIHC’s entire…
National Housing Trust Fund Allocations Published in Federal Register
National Housing Trust Fund (HTF) FY20 allocations were officially published in the Federal Register on April 29, including specific information for each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico…
Massachusetts Local Land-Use Override Program Continues to Spur Affordable Housing Development
An article published in Housing Policy Debate, “Overriding Exclusion: Compliance with Subsidized Housing Incentives in the Massachusetts 40B Program,” reports that a Massachusetts policy of allowing…
Lowest-Wage Jobs Are Most Exposed to COVID-19-Related Unemployment
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2020.
Massachusetts Advocates Celebrate Passage of Strong Statewide Eviction and Foreclosure Moratorium
In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed an eviction and foreclosure moratorium bill (H.4647) on April 20 creating some of the strongest…
NLIHC Welcomes Six New Members to the Board of Directors
NLIHC unanimously voted six new members onto its board of directors on March 24: Colorado Coalition for the Homeless Vice President of Communications and Public Policy Cathy Alderman; New York City…
NLIHC in the News for the Week of April 26
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of April 26: “'Mass evictions' on the horizon as US confronts coronavirus housing crisis:…