Senate Approves Topline Funding Allocations for Fiscal Year 2020
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved on September 12 the topline funding numbers, known as 302(b) allocations, for each of the twelve spending bills for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The…
House of Representatives Passes Bill Requiring Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Federally Subsidized Housing
The “Carbon Monoxide Alarms Leading Every Resident To Safety Act (CO ALERTS Act)” (H.R. 1690) introduced by Representative Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL) unanimously passed the House on September 10.…
Trump Administration Officials Testify on Housing Finance Reform Before Senate Committee
Three Trump administration officials testified before the Senate Banking Committee on September 10 about the White House’s plan for housing finance reform. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, HUD…
House of Representatives Passes Bill to Preserve Affordable Rental Housing in Rural Areas
The House of Representatives passed by voice vote on September 10 the “Strategy and Investment in Rural Housing Preservation Act of 2019” (H.R. 3620), which aims to preserve affordable homes and…
Representative Dean Reintroduces Bill Expanding Housing Opportunities for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
Representative Madeline Dean (D-PA) reintroduced on September 12 a substantially improved version of the “Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act” (H.R. 4300) to expand the availability of Family…
Third Thursdays at Three! Register Today for September 19 Webinar on Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020
Registration is open for the first webinar in NLIHC’s 15-month webinar and podcast series on nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement, Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020. The first webinar is Thursday,…
Presidential Debate Moderators Again Fail to Ask about Affordable Housing
News of the Trump administration’s potential plans to address California’s homeless crisis in a harmful and unjust manner made headlines last week, and yet the Democratic presidential debate…
Mark your Calendars: September 24 is National Voter Registration Day
Affordable homes are built with ballots every bit as much as they are built with bricks and drywall. To elevate affordable rental housing as a top priority for policymakers, it is critical to…
HUD Ignores Deadline for the Release of Disaster Funds; FEMA Officials and Contractor Indicted for Fraud
HUD continues to delay the release of disaster mitigation funding for Puerto Rico even after the expiration of a statutory September 4 deadline set by Congress. Congress approved $16.5 billion in…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - September 16, 2019
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 9/09…
NLIHC Responds to Reports of Trump’s Possible Proposals to Criminalize or Otherwise Harm People Experiencing Homelessness
The Trump administration may be considering taking measures to further criminalize or otherwise punish poor people for their poverty, including possibly sweeping unhoused people into increasingly…