Recap of April 8 National HoUSed Campaign Call for Universal, Stable, Affordable Housing
NLIHC hosted a national HoUSed campaign call on April 8 featuring an update on federal funding for homelessness assistance programs from the National Alliance to End Homelessness CEO Ann Oliva and an…
House of Representatives Approves the Anti-Voter “SAVE Act”
The House of Representatives voted on April 10 to approve the “Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act” (H.R. 22/S. 128), a federal voter suppression bill that NLIHC opposes. The SAVE Act…
Apply for the Our Homes, Our Votes Tenant Fellowship by Friday, April 18!
NLIHC’s first-ever Our Homes, Our Votes Tenant Fellowship will convene 20 tenant and resident leaders committed to the mission of NLIHC’s nonpartisan Our Homes, Our Votes campaign: to increase voter…
Relman Colfax Releases Summary of State Antidiscrimination Laws; Shows Many States Require Gender-Affirming Care in Public Accommodations
Relman Colfax recently released a new resource, “State Antidiscrimination Laws and Gender-Affirming Care in the Wake of the Trump Administration Executive Orders.” The resource is intended to empower…
House Financial Services Holds Hearing on Dysfunction and Accountability at HUD
The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on April 8 titled “Decades of Dysfunction: Restoring Accountability at HUD.” The hearing focused on waste,…
Senators Smith (D-MN) & Rounds (R-SD) Reintroduce “Rural Housing Service Reform Act” with Additional Cosponsors
U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Tina Smith (D-MN) reintroduced their bipartisan “Rural Housing Service Reform Act” (S.1260) to improve federal rural housing programs, strengthen the supply of…
Senator Shaheen (D-NH) and Representative Petterson (D-CO) Introduce “Manufactured Housing Tenant’s Bill of Rights”
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Representative Brittany Petterson (D-CO) introduced the “Manufactured Housing Tenant’s Bill of Rights” (S.1194/H.R.2461) to support tenant protections for tenants…
Lawmakers Reintroduce Housing Supply Frameworks Act
The bipartisan “Housing Supply Frameworks Act” (S.1299/H.R.2840) was reintroduced in the House and Senate on April 10, led by Senators Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mike Crapo (R-…
Congress Members Reintroduce Bipartisan Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act
Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Don Beyer (D-VA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) introduced the “Affordable Housing Credit…
White House Budget Request Expected Mid-May – Take Action!
The White House is expected to release its fiscal year (FY) 2026 budget request mid-May, with an outline – known as a “skinny budget” – expected later in April. Every year, the…
House Adopts Senate-Passed Budget Resolution After Promises of Deeper Spending Cuts to Medicaid and Food Assistance
Republican members of the House voted on April 10 to adopt a Senate-passed budget resolution that would provide over $5 trillion to extend tax cuts, increase funding for immigration enforcement, and…