The following is a review of disaster housing recovery developments since the last edition of Memo to Members and Partners (for the article in the previous Memo, see 9/16).…
HUD published on September 17 proposed changes to the regulations for the public housing, Housing Choice Voucher, and Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs, implementing income-…
The Opportunity Starts at Home multi-sector affordable homes campaign hosted a congressional briefing on September 18 featuring three of its Steering Committee members: Children’s HealthWatch,…
A working paper from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, Documenting the Long-Run Decline in Low-Cost Rental Units in the US by State, finds the number of rental homes renting…
A new paper in American Sociological Review, “Complaint-Oriented Policing: Regulating Homelessness in Public Space,” examines how a significant increase in homelessness-related 911 complaints in San…
California state legislators passed a strong package of affordable housing measures in the final days of their legislative session that concluded on September 13. The package of more than a dozen…
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel will be honored with the Champion Award at the Second Annual Children’s HealthWatch Celebration, “Home is Where Health Is,” on October 10 at the Boston University…
The National Housing Law Project (NHLP) will hold a September 26 webinar providing an overview of state and federal laws that protect individuals’ rights to seek emergency assistance despite local…
Portland, OR, is home to the next NeighborWorks Training Institute (NTI) to be held the week of December 9-13. Online registration is now open.
The NTI offers to nonprofit professionals courses and…
The following are some of the news stories that NLIHC contributed to during the week of September 15:
“Where the 2020 presidential candidates, including Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, stand…
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Katama Vorsheim as our new policy intern for the fall.
Katama is a recent graduate of the University of California, Davis, where she earned her B.A. in anthropology and…