Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 Meets with Julián Castro on Skid Row
NLIHC’s president and CEO Diane Yentel joined former HUD Secretary Julián Castro for an Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 tour of Skid Row in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 18. The tour was organized…
Senator Amy Klobuchar Tours Affordable Development and Meets with Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), a 2020 presidential candidate, participated in an Our Homes, Our Votes: 2020 tour of the Arroyo, a new affordable housing development in Santa Monica, CA, on Thursday…
New Bipartisan Bill Would Create 500,000 New Opportunity Vouchers
Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the “Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act” on December 18. The bill would create an additional 500,000 housing vouchers…
Campaign to Host National Press Club Event on January 16, Register Now!
The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign will host an event, “Broadening the Movement: Housing as a National Priority in 2020,” at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on January 16 from 1:00-2:…
HUD’s Proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule Clears OIRA
A proposed Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule cleared the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on December 18. The proposed…
Disaster Recovery Advocates Voice Concerns about Puerto Rico Recovery Plans
Disaster recovery advocates in Puerto Rico and around the country voiced concerns about the Puerto Rico Department of Housing’s (PRDOH’s) main recovery program in a statement released by Disaster…
Disaster Housing Recovery Update, December 23, 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 12/16…
“Mobilizing Against Attacks on Housing Opportunities” at NLIHC Housing Policy Forum 2020
NLIHC’s Housing Policy Forum 2020: Ending Homelessness and Housing Poverty taking place in Washington, DC, March 25-27, 2020 will feature a session on “Mobilizing Against Attacks on Housing…
Donate in Honor of Minnesota Housing’s Jennifer Ho, 2020 Housing Leadership Award Honoree!
Jennifer Leimaile Ho Individuals and organizations are urged to donate to NLIHC in honor of Jennifer Leimaile Ho, commissioner of Minnesota Housing and former senior advisor at HUD and deputy…
NLIHC Accepting Nominations for 2020 Housing Organizing Awards Until January 10!
The deadline for nominations for NLIHC’s 2020 Housing Organizing Awards is fast approaching. Nominations can be submitted online here until January 10. The awardees will be presented at the NLIHC…
Study Finds Presence of Short-Term Rentals Associated with Higher Property Prices
An article in Housing Policy Debate, “Examining the Impact of Short-Term Rentals on Housing Prices in Washington, DC: Implications for Housing Policy and Equity,” finds that having short-term rentals…