NLIHC Welcomes New Communications Specialist Mayerline Louis-Juste
NLIHC is pleased to welcome Mayerline Louis-Juste as its newest communications specialist. Mayerline is responsible for supporting NLIHC’s nonpartisan voter and candidate engagement project, Our…
NLIHC Seeks Low-Income Resident Leaders for NLIHC Board of Directors!
NLIHC is seeking low-income resident leaders to serve on NLIHC’s board of directors beginning in the spring of 2020. Low-income NLIHC members are encouraged to self-nominate! Nominees for board…
NLIHC Seeks Interns for Winter/Spring 2020 Semester
NLIHC is accepting applications for internship positions for the winter/spring 2020 semester. Interns are highly valued and fully integrated into our staff work. We seek students passionate about…
Where to Find Us – November 25
NLIHC President and CEO Diane Yentel and other NLIHC staff will be speaking at the following events in the coming months: Homes RI Summit, Providence, RI, December 11 At What Price? The Hidden…
Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez Introduce “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act”
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced on November 14 the “Green New Deal for Public Housing Act,” (S. 2876) which would create new HUD grant…
Representative Clarke Introduces Bill to Address Rising LIHTC Rents and Provide 10-Year Funding to Housing Trust Fund, HOME, and CDBG
Representative Yvette Clarke (D-NY) introduced the “Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2019” (H.R.4984) on November 5. Co-sponsors include Representatives Grace Meng (D-NY),…
House Committee Approves Bill to Expand HUD-VASH Program
The House Committee on Financial Services passed several bills on November 13, including H.R. 2398, which would allow chronically homeless veterans who have received an “other than honorable” (OTH)…
House Financial Services Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Health and Safety in HUD Housing
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance will hold a hearing, “Safe and Decent? Examining the Current State of Residents’ Health and Safety in HUD…
Take Action: House to Vote on Disaster Recovery Reform Legislation This Week; Call Your Representative Today!
The House of Representatives will vote this week on a bipartisan bill to permanently authorize HUD’s Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program. The bill includes key…
Additional Disaster Housing Recovery Updates - November 18, 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 11/11…
Congress Set to Vote on Bill to Fund Government through December 20
Congress plans to vote on a stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), the week of November 18. This would be the second CR of fiscal year 2020 (FY20), which began on October 1;…